Thanks to Miley Cyrus, amFAR, an international non-profit organization dedicated to the support of AIDS research, HIV prevention, treatment education, and the advocacy of AIDS-related public policy, now has $69,000 more in the bank to support their cause.
The boundary-pushing pop star was in attendance at the amFAR inspirational gala in New York last Tuesday as guest of honor, alongside Andy Cohen, and helped bring donations by putting her very own artwork for auction, people.com reports.
The 'Wrecking Ball' singer's artwork was inspired by Caitlyn Jenner who recently graced the cover of Vanity Fair for her gender reveal. So called 'Caitlyn Collection', Cyrus, 22, unveiled her Dirty Hippie line of neon-toned, bedazzled accessories, and visual arts.
During the bidding, the former child star's three-framed signed copies of Jenner's VF cover reached a bid of $65 000, but Cyrus was determined to make more money for amFAR and grabbed the mic from the auctioner and took matters in her own hands.
"My left boob is bigger than the right - I'll show you!" Cyrus told the crowd at Spring Studios, quipping, "What about $69,000? I'll clean your house ... naked!"
The pieces were sold to the amount the pop singer asked for.
During the gala, Cyrus took the stage to accept her Inspiration Award and gave an emotional speech, touching on issues of homeless youth and HIV and aids, usmagazine.com has the speech.
"Getting the Inspiration Award tonight is an honor that is unbelievable," she told the crowd. "Seriously, I didn't believe them when they told me that I got it because it seems just way to easy and it seems as if there is no way that I have done nearly enough to be standing here on the receiving end of this honor. But, I am thinking as not celebrating what me and Happy Hippie have already done, but celebrating what we are going to do, what we plan on doing in the future. And tonight is not a finish line for us, but it is a starting point and I want to work every day to do something good for somebody else so that I feel not only as if this honor [hasn't] been wasted, but my life and all of the influence that comes with it."
