Miley Cyrus chops off her locks

MILEY! You've shrugged off your girl-next-door innocence overnight.

The Southern songstress, who is engaged to Aussie actor Liam Hemsworth, has gone for quite the image makeover, lopping off her long brunette locks and opting for a daring platinum-blonde pixie cut.

The style is a far cry from the star's more famous sweetly demure look and includes shaved undercut sides.

Matched with a barbed-wire necklace and nose ring, the Nashville girl beams in a set of images posted on Twitter.

The goddaughter to Tennessee poster-girl Dolly Parton has undergone something of an epiphany, according to comments attached to the tweeted photographs revealing the new look.

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