Playboy editor Hugh Hefner says Miley Cyrus will be "welcomed in the magazine" when she's of legal age.

Hefner, 82, told Extra that the 15-year-old Hannah Montana star is a "very pretty lady."

Last week Cyrus said she was "embarrassed" by a racy semi-topless portrait shot by Annie Leibowitz for Vanity Fair.

"I think to make such a big to do over something as innocent as those photos, I think is a reflection on how schizophrenic America is about sexuality," Hefner told Extra.