Miley Cyrus has dated a host of hot men including Nick Jonas and Justin Gaston but the Disney star says her newest beau, her The Last Song co-star Liam Hemsworth, is her first serious boyfriend.

According to Access Hollywood, Miley told Parade magazine: “He’s my first serious boyfriend. [Liam Hemworth has] become my best friend in the whole wide world. I love him.

“He really respects me for who I am because coming from Australia, he really didn’t know me as the celebrity I am here. I got to tell him about myself on my own terms and my own way. He had no preconceived notion of who I was supposed to be.”

And Miley also spoke of her relationship with Nick Jonas, saying:

“Nick and I were so young. We really did have a genuine love, but it wasn’t like this. We met when I was 12. I didn’t know who I was. I know who I am now and am so content and full of purpose.”

But she's still only 17-years-old... And of Juston Gatson she said:

“He was a good person, so carefree. All I know is that I am so happy right now. I wasn’t last summer after I called it off with Justin and went away to film The Last Song.

“I cried all the way there. The last thing I was expecting to do was to fall in love. I went there thinking the summer was about me and getting focused on my career. But I guess God was like, ‘Girl, here is this amazing guy.’”

Well good for Miley. Let's hope Liam is one of the good guys...

Miley has definitely grown up since she started dating Nick Jonas...