Miley Cyrus doesn’t want to be “an idol” for her young fans.

The “Hannah Montana” star insists she would rather be a role model who people look up to than an idealistic figure that teenagers want to be like.

She said: “If you look at me as a role model I agree with it. If you look at me as an idol, I don’t agree. An idol for me is someone that you want to replicate. You want to be them. I don’t wish that on anyone, to lose what they have personally, because that’s when your spark goes.”

Miley, 16 – whose controversial behavior has included appearing in racy photos published in Vanity Fair magazine, dancing with a stripper pole during this year’s Teen Choice Awards, and seemingly grabbing her crotch during a concert – also revealed she is planning to undertake charity work in Indonesia next year.

She told Britain’s Daily Record newspaper: “I’ve been planning going to Indonesia since I was eight. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do, and I was never old enough to go with my church when they all headed out there.”

Miley was recently voted Worst Celebrity Influence by a teen website.

Source, Bauer-Griffin