Miley Cyrus Auctions Off Caitlyn Jenner Inspired Artwork For Charity

Miley Cyrus auctioned off some of her artwork for charity on Tuesday (16th June). The 22-year-old singer and philanthropist auctioned artwork based on Caitlyn Jenner’s recent Vanity Fair cover. The three framed pictures featured Jenner’s cover picture with Cyrus’ own embellishments and added details which included additional colour, glitter and altered backdrops. Cyrus had previously shared her re-imagined covers with fans on Instagram and further revealed her finished work with pictures from the auction.

Miley Cyrus' artwork raised $69,000 at auction.

The Wrecking Ball singer auctioned off the pictures whilst attending the amfAR’s sixth annual gala. The three pictures were sold as a set and raised an impressive $69,000. The proceeds from the sale will help amfAR continue its mission in supporting AIDS research and HIV education, according to Us Weekly.

Cyrus was a guest of honour at the event, which was held at Manhattan’s Spring Street Studios, along with talk show host Andy Cohen. Cyrus was honoured with the Inspiration Award for her work with LGBT youth and homeless. The former Hannah Montana star is the founder of The Happy Hippie Foundation, an organisation which aims to provide LGBT youth and their families with support and resources to promote understanding and acceptance within families.

Dirty hippie x @happyhippiefdn art being auctioned @amfar @caitlynjenner ?????? #69

A photo posted by Miley Cyrus (@mileycyrus) on Jun 16, 2015 at 10:28pm PDT

Cyrus has exploited her prominent position to raise awareness of LGBT issues. The first inklings of her interest in LGBT youth and the homeless were shown when she asked a young homeless man to accept her Video Music Award on her behalf last year. She has continued to be outspoken about important but often overlooked issues, announcing the launch of The Happy Hippie Foundation a few months ago.

Whilst accepting her Inspiration Award, Cyrus delivered a speech in which she looked forward to what The Happy Hippie Foundation could do in the future. Cyrus was remarkably humble whilst accepting the award, claiming there was “no way” she had “done nearly enough” to warrant being the recipient of such an honour.

“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,” Cyrus said during her lengthy speech. “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."