Miley Cyrus (Photo: Shenzhendaily.com)

A week after making headlines for her controversial Vanity Fair portrait, American teen idol Miley Cyrus returned to the stage at the Disney Channel Games concert Saturday night and thanked fans for support, according to media reports Monday.

The 15-year-old star of Hannah Montana did not say anything about the recent controversy over her semi-nude picture released last week.

But when spotting a sign in the crowd that said "Miley I'm praying for you," she responded: "I hope you had an awesome time. I saw a sign back there that said, 'Miley, I'm praying for you.' I could not be more appreciative."

The starlet continued: "Thank you guys for all your support. Without you, none of this would be possible. I love every one of you and I could not be more appreciative. God bless you."

Cyrus has said she was embarrassed by the provocative photos in which the teen is topless and clad in just a blanket.

In some other racy photos which spread on the Internet, Cyrus lies across her then-boyfriend's lap, (her producer's son), while another showed her revealing part of her green bra.

The Disney Channel has shown their support for the rising star, saying "a situation was created to deliberately manipulate a 15-year-old in order to sell magazines."