Coming of age

Growing up in the public eye is never easy. Just ask Demi Lovato and Miley Cyrus.

CHILD stars, especially girls who got their start on the Disney Channel, are business-savvy celebrities. They think about longevity in the industry. They know their shelf life is for a short period of time before they are replaced by another fresh-faced starlet groomed by the channel.

This explains why young stars like Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato and Miley Cyrus are taking (extreme) measures to ensure the industry sees them in a different light, and not as child stars with an expiration date stamped on them.

While Gomezs new movie Spring Breakers reveals a raunchier side of the actress-singer, Lovato and Cyrus are hoping to showcase a more mature side through music, trials and tribulations.