Miley Cyrus Dismisses Selena Gomez & Demi Lovato Rivalry

Miley Cyrus is unfazed by the up and coming Disney stars who seem poised to jump into her tween queen shoes.

The Hannah Montana star says she doesn't feel threatened by the likes of Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato – because there will only ever be one Miley.

"I don’t think there could be a next Miley. I think they should be the next Selena, the next Demi...[and] make their own way,” she tells Extra.

She adds that she is flattered that "people are looking up to what I do."

As for the intense media scrutiny into her public and private lives – especially in the wake of her succession of so-called photo scandals – Miley insists she is coping well.

"Instead of putting negativity to it," Cyrus says, "I'm taking the opportunity to make it a positive thing.”

According to Miley, being in the public eye "gives me an opportunity to voice those decisions, those things I go through a little more publicly, and hopefully they help people out in their lives."

She's going to have her work cut out turning her latest controversial pics into a 'positive thing'...

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