Miley Cyrus Felt 'Sexualized' by Her Old Image

She can be tamed! Miley Cyrus explained why she ditched her provocative outfits for a more natural look in recent months.

The 24-year-old pop star told Harper’s Bazaar’s August issue that she feels distanced from her twerking days. “I feel really kind of far away from that person,” she told the magazine. “I just want people to see that this is who I am right now. I’m not saying I’ve never been myself. … Who I was on the last record was really who I am. It’s just myself has been a lot of different people because I change a lot.”

She revealed that she toned down her image because the message she was promoting got lost. “It became something that was expected of me. I didn’t want to show up to photo shoots and be the girl who would get my t*ts out and stick out my tongue,” she said. "In the beginning, it was kind of like saying, ‘F--k you. Girls should be able to have this freedom or whatever.’ But it got to a point where I did feel sexualized.”

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Miley Cyrus was once the star of Disney's Hannah Montana.