Shilpa Shetty who was awarded the Global Diversity Award managed to raise 63,000 pounds for charity on the gala night.The star event of the night was when Shilpa auctioned her kisses for a cool 12,500 pounds to an admirer.
The actress won the prestigious “Global Diversity Award” along with British racing driver Lewis Hamilton for making significant contribution to the public appreciation and understanding of diversity.
She also helped the organizers to raise 63,000 pounds for a charity - Silver Star Appeal - that runs mobile diabetes assessment units.
Stepping in to enthuse the charity auction, the Bollywood actress climbed up to the stage, took the mike and told the audience that the winner would get a “kiss from me”.
But Shilpa was quick to add, “It will be on the cheek. I don’t want my effigies burnt again.”
She was obviously referring to the controversy over the Hollywood star Richard Gere kissing her on stage during an AIDS awareness event in New Delhi in April last year which resulted in some Hindu nationalists burning her effigies and slapping court cases against her and Gere in India.
Her admirer got three kisses.
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