Miley Cyrus was a teenage idol.
Hannah Montana . The show 's instant success is widely credited with the launch of Cyrus 's career and her establishment as a teen idol . Miley Cyrus . After playing minor roles in the television series Doc and the film Big Fish in her childhood , she became a teen idol starring as the character Miley Stewart in the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana in 2006 . A teen idol is a celebrity with a large teenage fan-base .