Miley Cyrus lights a dubious hand rolled cigarette as she and Katy Perry lead the winners at the MTV EMA awards

 

One Direction were the evening’s biggest winners with two awards, but their thunder was stolen in controversial fashion by Miley Cyrus, whose latest onstage attempt at distancing herself from Hannah Montana saw her light a very suspicious looking cigarette.

The 20-year-old singer had already turned heads when she opened 2013 MTV Europe Video Music Awards the show with a twerk heavy performance on We Can’t Stop.

Dressed in silver spandex, Miley danced with a female dwarf before finishing the performance with her trademark lolling tongue in a move that mirrored her controversial performance with Robin Thicke at the MTV Video Music Awards in August. The singer later shocked fans at Amsterdam’s Ziggo Dome when she sparked up a hand rolled smoke after collecting the award for Best Video at the 2013 MTV Europe Music Awards.

Collecting the gong for Wrecking Ball from actor Will Ferrell, who was in character as Anchorman character Ron Burgundy, she brandished the dubious looking cigarette after joking: ‘Can’t fit it In my bag but I did find this!’

While her antics inevitably dominated proceedings in the Dutch city, it was British band One Direction who claimed two of the night’s biggest prizes.

Indeed, the boys scooped the Best UK & Ireland Act and Best Pop awards, while Harry Styles claimed a separate gong for Best Look.

Having recently returned to Britain following the completion of their mammoth Take Me Home world tour the recuperating band were not present their awards in person on the night – much to the disappointment of those in attendance.

Bruno Mars was also amongst the winners at the end of what has proved to be a traumatic year for the singer, whose mother Bernadette passed away in June following a brain aneurysm. #