So I am pretty sure if someone were to ask me my age tonight- as I was wearing my Hannah Montana t-shirt at the Rodeo with my friends- I would have told them I was five years old!

We were definitely one of the older groups at Reliant Arena for the Hanna Montana show but we didn't care!

Hannah Montana was AWESOME! And, so was Miley Cyrus! It was a two-for-one, one-of-a-kind concert!

But, in the midst of the concert, I had some revelations about the 'Montana Effect' that has forever changed the tween girls of America.

"We want Hannah! We want Hannah!," two little girls decked out in glitter and Hannah Montana gear screamed in the row below us as the lights started to dim.

As I looked around the jam-packed Reliant Arena, I pondered in awe of how one tween could have an empire, and, with her fanatic following, I think it is safe to write that she could pretty easily take over the world.

All girls were dressed like her at the concert, all girls were mimicking her every dance move, eyebrow raise, hair flick, and every girl in the audience tonight wanted to be Hannah Montana, or Miley Cyrus if you will.

In the midst of 'Hannah Montana's clean-cut, yet diva performance, I sat thinking about how, perhaps the reason for the wild success of Hannah Montana, is because, deep down, we all wish we could live that glamorous double-life.

We all wish we could be admired the way she is, yet, be so down to earth. Everyone wants the diva side of Hannah, with the southern charm, witty humor of Miley.

It is so interesting how many girls at the concert idolized, literally, this celebrity, this pop culture icon, that isn't even old enough to rent an R-rated movie.

One of my favorite parts of the show however, was when Hannah Montana turned into Miley Cyrus. There was a definite shift in the atmosphere as she showed her young audience that she was maturing into a provocative artist.

Her dance moves to 'See you again' with her hip-shaking and smoldering eyes, clearly sent the message that she was ready to grow-up and couldn't stay in the perfect 'Disney' image forever.

Same with all girls. We can be whoever we want to be, whenever we want to be. Just because our life- with high school, drama, sports, boys, and everything that comes with it- may way us down, a change of a wig, an outfit, or an attidude, may be just what we need to release our inhibitions so we can truly have 'the best of both worlds' as Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus would sing!

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