Playboy founder Hugh Hefner wants 15-year-old Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus to pose nude for his adult magazine - when she’s old enough.

Hefner, 82, told the Extra celebrity news show the controversial teen queen would be welcome to pose for Playboy when she was older.

"She'd be welcomed in the magazine," . "Very pretty lady.", affirmed Hefner.                                               

Recently Cyrus has been embroiled in several raunchy photo scandals, admitting she was embarrassed by sexually provocative snaps of her that were posted online and another photo of her wrapped only in a bed sheet that was published in Vanity Fair.

Hefner defended Cyrus and described the photos as innocent. //Stuff.co.nz