Miley Cyrus Flaunts Engagement Ring, Wears Short-Shorts

Not yet for engagement party in the U.S.A.?!  -- but bride-to-be Miley Cyrus clearly has no qualms about pairing her 3.5 carat vintage Neil Lane ring with a pair of Daisy Dukes.

At a photo shoot in Malibu Wednesday, the newly engaged Cyrus, 19, rocked her bauble -- picked out by her boyfriend of three years, Liam Hemsworth -- with short denim cutoffs and a white crochet crop-top.

An insider close to the LOL star tells Us Weekly that, despite her age, Cyrus is ready to wed Hemsworth, whom she met on the set of The Last Song in 2009.

"She's very mature! She's 19 going on 40, so she is ready for [marriage]," the insider explains of her decision to tie the knot with the Hunger Games star, 22. "Liam likes her wild side, but Miley's also mature and supportive. They're both ready for this."[usmagazine.com]

Miley Cyrus: I'm Not a "Good Girl Gone Bad"

Miley Cyrus is, like, so misunderstood, y'all.

The former Disney Channel actress, now 18, tells Asia's Prestige magazine that while she isn't perfect, she's not a reckless wild child, either.

"People have very mixed opinions on me," Cyrus says. "I'm a great model, or I'm completely inappropriate for anyone under 13 and I'm very controversial. I don't know how I became this."

Perhaps it has something to do with her string of public missteps, beginning with a suggestive photo spread in Vanity Fair in 2008 and ending with a salvia scandal in late 2010.

"I'm not some crazy lady who's gone off the deep end, because I definitely haven't," Cyrus explains. "Every 18-year-old explores sexuality and experiments and tries things. For me there's no reason to change that."

In the article, Cyrus also recalls reading a magazine article that labeled her a "Good Girl Gone Bad," a title she doesn't feel she deserves.

"I was like, 'What the hell, man?' I stay in the house pretty much every day. I don't go out," she tells Prestige. "I've had the same boyfriend [Liam Hemsworth] for two years."[usmagazine.com]