Hi 5 for Ralph Mag kiddies

Family groups say Crawford is sending a negative message to little girls.

"It's an abuse of her position with tens of thousands of little girls looking up to her," said Women's Forum Australia spokeswoman Melinda Tankard Reist.

"The fact she's posed on a cover is particularly problematic because magazines like Ralph are on shop shelves at kiddy eye level.

"There is no escaping the message she is sending to little girls, that posing in a men's magazine in a soft-porn style is something to aspire to."

But the buxom blonde, who spent a decade with the hit Hi-5 group, said she was tired of covering up.

"After working in children's television for 10 years, and always being pinned into your clothes so no one can see your belly button if you lift your hands up, and always having your cleavage covered, and me being the tomboy of the three girls, it was something I did for myself to remind myself that I am a woman."

Crawford, 34, is billed on the Ralph cover as "Hi-5 Hottie Kellie".

Julia Gale, spokeswoman of Kids Free 2B Kids also criticised Crawford.

"Older teenage girls will wonder why performers feel the need to pornify their image," she said.

"They are damaged and harmed by messages that they need to sexualise yourself or there is no success."

Crawford said new hubby Addam loved her new look.

"He said, 'If this is going to make you feel like a woman and feel like I see you every day, then do it'."