"I don't want to be perfect, but I do want to be a role model. My mom always tells me that imperfections equal beauty. All of us are imperfect"
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The mother quote is doing quiet political work. By outsourcing the thesis to her mom, Cyrus borrows authority without sounding like she’s issuing a manifesto. It also re-centers femininity around something other than flawlessness. “Imperfections equal beauty” flips the beauty-industrial script: the thing you’re told to erase becomes the thing that makes you legible, relatable, marketable on your own terms. There’s savvy branding here, but not empty branding. It’s a message calibrated for a fandom that grew up watching her get critiqued in real time, from tabloid moralizing to the whiplash of “good girl” expectations.
“All of us are imperfect” lands like a cliché until you hear it as a truce offer: stop demanding purity from entertainers you consume as products. Cyrus isn’t asking to be excused; she’s asking for a different kind of accountability, one that allows evolution without public shaming as entertainment. In an era where celebrity is both confession booth and courtroom, the line reads as self-protection and solidarity at once.
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| Topic | Self-Love |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Cyrus, Miley. (2026, January 15). I don't want to be perfect, but I do want to be a role model. My mom always tells me that imperfections equal beauty. All of us are imperfect. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-dont-want-to-be-perfect-but-i-do-want-to-be-a-155817/
Chicago Style
Cyrus, Miley. "I don't want to be perfect, but I do want to be a role model. My mom always tells me that imperfections equal beauty. All of us are imperfect." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-dont-want-to-be-perfect-but-i-do-want-to-be-a-155817/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I don't want to be perfect, but I do want to be a role model. My mom always tells me that imperfections equal beauty. All of us are imperfect." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-dont-want-to-be-perfect-but-i-do-want-to-be-a-155817/. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.




