10 Celebs photographed in controversial poses – #4 will leave you in stitches! (With Pictures)

4. Miley Cyrus – Twerking

At the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, Miley Cyrus shocked the world with her twerk-filled performance with Robin Thicke. Clad in a nude plastic bikini, Miley sang her big hit “We Can’t Stop” and shed any last hint of the innocent Disney child star, Hannah Montana.

She received criticism for her sexual performance, but mostly for her appropriation of the “twerk” dance move. The black community felt that Cyrus treated her black female dancers as props. Miley’s reaction to the backlash was to take a stand and say that she had intended to keep people talking with the performance. “You might as well make them talk for, like, two weeks, rather than two seconds,” said Cyrus.