Miley Ray Cyrus auditioned for the Hannah Montana in 2005, when she was 12 years old. She became an overnight success after being cast in the show. She is ranked #17 on the Forbes Top twenty earners under 25 with an annual earning of $3.5 million. She was involved in a spin-off movie, Hannah Montana: The Movie that will release at the end of 2008.

Her show debuted on the Disney Channel in March 2006. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart. At night she is a famous pop singer names Hannah Montana. Only her close friends know about her double identity. Her father, country singer Billy Ray Cyrus plays her father on the show.

Check out the audition tape after the jump.

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