She JUST turned 17 and she already has her first tat! It says “Just Breathe” and it’s appar­ently for her friend who died of cys­tic fibro­sis in 2007. Still, she’s barely 17!

From pos­ing top­less for Van­ity Fair to indulging in a steamy kiss on-screen, Miley Cyrus appears to be des­per­ate to leave the squeaky-clean Han­nah Mon­tana behind.

And judg­ing from these lat­est pic­tures, her desire to shake off her fic­tional alter-ego couldn’t be more obvi­ous as she strut­ted around a Florida hotel yes­ter­day in a teeny bikini while show­ing off a recently-inked tattoo.

The 17-year-old singer was snapped enjoy­ing a relax­ing day with friends at the Fontainebleau Resort on Miami Beach as she lay by the pool hav­ing wrapped up her Won­der World world tour the night before.

But it wasn’t the skimpy neon pink two-piece that attracted all the atten­tion, but what appeared to be the words ‘Just Breathe’ tat­tooed in black ink on her ribcage just under her left breast.

She also appeared to be describ­ing the design to her friend after she was snapped ges­tur­ing at it with her hands.

In the­ory, Miley is not legally allowed to have a tat­too as she is under 18, which is the legal age to be inked in the US.

How­ever, after her brother Trace recently revealed that all the Cyrus fam­ily were plan­ning to get match­ing ones, Miley may have been given per­mis­sion to get one from her coun­try singer father Billy Ray.

One fan’s blog this morn­ing sug­gested that she got the tat­too in mem­ory of a nine-year-old girl called Vanessa who passed away from cys­tic fibro­sis in 2007.

Cyrus met Vanessa at a Los Ange­les hos­pi­tal and instantly con­nected with her, describ­ing her as one of her best friends.

There was no word from Miley’s agent today to con­firm whether the tat­too was a per­ma­nent or tem­po­rary one.

Miley was pho­tographed later that after­noon leav­ing the resort wear­ing a Jonas Broth­ers t-shirt in homage to her ex-boyfriend Nick Jonas.

She is cur­rently dat­ing Aus­tralian actor and for­mer Neigh­bours star Liam Hemsworth, 19, who she met while film­ing the Dis­ney movie The Last Song.

But she dated 17-year-old Jonas, the youngest of the musi­cal sib­ling trio and believed to be her first love, from June 2006 to Decem­ber 2007.

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