[MaryJane]

Beyoncé Knowles feels sexiest with bare feet and messy hair.

The 'Dreamgirls' star - who has dated rapper Jay Z for five years - says women who are not overtly sexual are the most attractive.

Beyoncé told Cosmopolitan magazine: "I like to walk around my house with bare feet and messy hair, but that can be sexy, too. I have an old-fashioned view on sexuality, in that I don't think it should be in your face. It's the opposite of who I am on stage."

The singer-and-actress also revealed she took part in beauty pageants as a child, but hated them and dressed like a tomboy.

She said: "We all have our insecurities and, to this day, I see plenty of things wrong with myself. As a young girl I did beauty pageants, but I hated them. I always wore baggy clothes and never won. I was a bit of a tomboy when I was a kid and never really thought of myself as pretty."

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