I am definitely going to cry Before I get started, I'm gonna let everybody in on a little Disney legend secret I'm the one that tells you what you're not supposed to know and What I want to say is that Legends get scared, too I'm scared right now But the difference is we do it anyway, and all of you can do that every single day It's legendary to be afraid and do it.

Anyway, there is no such thing as failure when you try That's the only way you lose the way to win is to try So here I am I'll show you I made two speeches One long and one short if I get scared So I want to say thank you.

It's such an honor to receive This award my other legends have said it best It is all because of you everyone in this room outside of this room.

It's all about the fans.

I Was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, which is where I sent my audition tapes from After those tapes were sent in my mom got a message that what I sent was great But I was just too small and I was too young for the part a year or more goes by and I forget all about Hannah Montana But then we get a call and they tell us that they fully casted the show They've already shot a pilot, but the show just isn't working.

So they want me to come out to LA and audition in person My mom tells me the news but reiterates that if I get it I'm gonna have to leave school and all of my friends So we go to the mall to shop for what I'd wear to the audition and In true fashion of fate there hangs a t-shirt that says I should have my own TV show so We took it home Bedazzled it and flew out to LA After a few of those auditioning trips, I got the part.

I came out to California to shoot the pilot I fell in love with LA the beach the palm trees.

They were awesome But it was the soundstage that I lived for I mean it was the most beautiful place that I had ever seen there were lights Dressing rooms the wardrobe racks there were costume fittings wig fittings acting dance vocal lessons It was like being on RuPaul's Drag Race jr And I won We shot the pilot I went back to Nashville to wait But I had gotten a taste of what my life could be like and from that moment on I did not want anything else So what I was told that the show got picked up.

I just couldn't wait to get back to stage nine, but Because the Hannah Montana is a pop star we needed footage of her playing sold-out concerts But no one knew who she aka Miley was so they gave away tickets at the Glendale mall where I would have my first free concert and The first song I opened with was titled This is the life Which of course no one knew because in Reality, I was a little girl in a blonde wig at the mall with a big dream, but in my heart I was Hannah, Montana And I was so proud to be a Little bit of everything has changed since that day But at the same time nothing has changed at all.

I stand here still proud to have been Hannah, Montana because She made Miley in so many ways This award is dedicated to Hannah and all of her amazing Loyal fans and to everyone who has made my dream a reality To quote the legend herself This is the life Thank you You