9/16/2008

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Alexandra Perich

Rumors are swirling that Miley Cyrus, 15, is dating a 20-year-old underwear model! But are they true?  
  
  
  
His name is Justin Gaston, he's a model and an aspiring country singer. Six feet tall, chest 39, waist 31, brown eyes, brown hair, according to the LATimes.com.  
  
  
  
Gaston was recently seen going to church in Pasadena with the Cyrus family, LATimes.com reported. Later that night, he went to Disney's Concert for Hope to watch Miley Cyrus perform.  
  
  
  
The two were seen at L.A.'s Century City mall Monday, E! Online reported. An E! News source says the happy couple got out at the valet stand on Santa Monica Boulevard and walked through the mall, "holding hands the whole time."  
  
  
  
However, Cyrus's rep confirmed that rumors of a romance between the two are just rumors, according to FoxNews.com.  
  
  
  
Cyrus's rep tells *People* that Gaston, is just "a friend from Nashville."  
  
  
  
He met Cyrus earlier this year when he was a contestant on *Nashville Star*, which was hosted by her dad, Billy Ray.  
  
  
  
As for spending so much time together, Gaston's rep, Allen Osborne, said, according to the LATimes.com, "He's visiting L.A. for the week."  
  
  
  
"Miley and Justin are just good friends," said a friend of Cyrus's, according to FoxNews.com. "I doubt her parents would approve of her dating someone five years older than her anyway."