HILARY DUFF - DUFF TO STAY COVERED UP

Teen star HILARY DUFF has no intention of stripping off to prove her growing maturity and insists fans will realise her passage to adulthood in different ways.

The 17-year-old actress and singer is currently promoting her eponymous named second album in Australia and has promised her fans she won't re-invent her wholesome image like former teen stars BRITNEY SPEARS and CHRISTINA AGUILERA.

Duff says, "I do want to grow up and I am growing up you know, but I think that you can show yourself growing up in different ways than a lot of people have.

"I don't necessarily think that it shows a sign of maturity or growing up, you know, when you take your clothes off.

"Many people mature and grow up in different ways."