Pop star Miley Cyrus performs during the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards using Steve Chmelar's foam finger creation. WireImage When a 16-year-old Steve Chmelar created the original “No. 1 hand” as ...

But now the man who says his “No. 1 finger” design inspired the popular foam finger has added his voice to the outcry. Steve Chemlar, who was 16 years old when he made a papier-mache No. 1 ...