Hannah Montana has fully embraced her sexy self.

In one of her most candid revelations yet, 19-year old former teenage star Miley Cyrus has shown her more mature - and sexier - side. In an interview with Lifetime's The Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet, the former wholesome Disney star broke out of her innocent image for good with her thoughts about sex and relationships.

Cyrus, who is dating Australian heartthrob Liam Hemsworth, said: "The girls that really base how much they're worth on the sexual favors they can do for somebody; that makes me really sad."

"Because sex is actually really beautiful. It's the only way we can create and it's the only way the world keeps going," Cyrus said. She also explained that kids "know what sex is."

"So educate them and let them know... it's a beautiful thing and it is magic, and it's when you connect with somebody. And it isn't how much you're worth. Your worth isn't based on that, your worth is based on how you feel about yourself," she added.

She also talked about her innocent image and how she tries to break out of it. Since coming out with her Can't Be Tamed single, Miley Cyrus has received flaks for trying hard to push her sexiness. However, she thinks society perceives "sexy" the wrong way.

"The last season of [Hannah Montana] I put out Can't Be Tamed, which even just the title of that for a woman to say that she can't be tamed, and of all people in the world, my face saying I can't be tamed, when that's all people really wanted to do - I think that proves how sexist people still really are and judgmental. It's the whole thing of saying 'be sexy, but our way."

"I feel I was so trained in my interviews to be All-American or whatever," she added.