LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Hannah Montana's Miley Cyrus is apologizing to fans for appearing in photos for the upcoming issue of Vanity Fair in which she appears to be topless.

The 15 year-old Disney Channel star told Entertainment Tonight she was "embarrassed" by the pix: "I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be 'artistic' and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed."

The photos were shot by Annie Leibovitz and they show Miley with white blanket wrapped around her torso.

As ET report, when Vanity Fair's Bruce Handy interviewed the singer/actress in May, she thought the spread was "perfectly fine." But a Disney spokesperson said, "Unfortunately, as the article suggests, a situation was created to deliberately manipulate a 15-year-old in order to sell magazines."

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