Miley Cyrus beating Pope Francis, Barack Obama for TIME magazine's 'person of year'

WILL Miley Cyrus twerk her way past Pope Francis and Barack Obama to be named TIME magazine's Person of the Year?  

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MILEY Cyrus is out-polling Pope Francis and Barack Obama in TIME magazine's quest to determine its Person of the Year.

TIME's online poll shows the twerking queen is leading the online poll with 29 per cent of the vote. In second place is India's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi (12 per cent) with NSA leaker Edward Snowden (9 per cent) in third.  Those figures are sure to change before the final result is determined.

However TIME magazine's editors decide who will be Person of the Year based on their influence on the news over the past year.  It is unlikely that they will choose the Wrecking Ball singer but you never know.

Although TIME doesn't choose the Person of the Year based on their positive impact on the world, evidenced in 1938 when Adolf Hitler won the title, back when it was called Man of the Year.

US President Barack Obama was TIME's Person of the Year for 2012 which has left experts predicting that either Pope Francis or Edward Snowden will take the gong this year.