My word! There are groups of well-meaning people going blue in the face, defending Miley Cyrus' skanky pictures and then she goes ahead and poses for arty, suggestive picture ... with the permission of her parents!

The pictures in question are Vanity Fair photos, taken by Annie Leibovitz. The most controversial picture of the lot is a picture of a sleepy eyed Miley with tousle hairs, donning make-up that belies her age and of course, her underage torso covered by stain sheet with her back peeking out.

Did I mention she is just 15?

And her parents were on the set for the shoot! In fact, her former singer star Billy Ray Cyrus posed with her in some of them. We should all be grateful it was not in the stain picture. But then knowing he was on the set, somewhere in the background is creepy enough.

Before her parents start screaming that they were deceived, check out what the magazine has to say:

"Miley's parents and/or minders were on the set all day," the magazine said. "Since the photo was taken digitally, they saw it on the shoot and everyone thought it was a beautiful and natural portrait of Miley."

Bet this issue will be a bit hit with pedophiles world over.