This year at the Oscars, nominee Keira Knightley wore a fantastic custom-made one-shoulder gown is a burgundy silk-taffeta designed by Vera Wang.
This gown was sold on eBay for $7.855 in an online auction to fund relief work in East Africa. The Internet auction site eBay had 79 bidders compete for the gown.
"It's brilliant that this dress has raised this much," Knightley said in a statement. "I know it will go a long way to help the people facing this food crisis in East Africa." She also said: "All of us can do something to support this fantastic work and it will make a real difference."
Oxfam is appealing for $35 million to help 11 million people it says are at risk of hunger as a result of drought in East Africa.
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Go Keira! This is an example of contributions and charity people make without it being about their own ego and trying to get the spotlight as saints. I hope a lot more people start doing something there is so much in the world.