Hottie MILEY Cyrus insists she isn’t an attention-seeker — she can’t help the fact the paparazzi follow her wherever she goes.  The Hannah Montana star, 16, says she works hard to please her fans. “People will always say that I’m overworking, over exposed and want all this attention. That’s not true,” she said. “I just want people to realize that I really am grateful for what I do and I do care about the fans. I can’t help if there are 40 photographers outside my house.”Cyrus — who turns 17 in November — also admits she’ll never be able to shake her Hannah Montana alter-ego. “I don’t think that’s something that’s ever going to be completely over,” she said. “The show won’t just come to an end. There will always be reruns, and I think it’s something I’ll always want to keep in my life.

“It has put me where I am today.” Miley recently revealed that she wants to be considered a role model — not an idol. “If you look at me as a role model I agree with it. If you look at me as an idol, I don’t agree,” she said.

“An idol for me is someone that you want to replicate. You want to be them. “I don’t wish that on anyone, to lose what they have personally, because that’s when your spark goes.”