Kate Winslet Donates Libel Proceeds to Charity  5/15/07

Actress Kate Winslet has donated the #3,000 ($6,000) she was awarded in a magazine libel case earlier this year (07) to an eating disorder charity.

The Titanic star, 31, won the lawsuit against Britain's Grazia magazine at London's High Court in March, after the publication wrongly claimed she had visited a diet doctor - suggesting Winslet was a hypocrite for seeking professional help about her weight when she has openly criticized the 'size zero' culture.

The magazine was forced to publish an apology, stating the actress had visited the doctor with a neck problem.

Winslet has once again shown her disdain at Hollywood's obsession with extreme dieting by dividing her proceeds between three eating disorder charities, one of which is the Norfolk, England-based Beat.

Mary George of Beat says, "Kate said at the time that she would donate her winnings to an eating disorder charity and that is what she has done.

"I think she was inundated by charities asking for help. We were informed last week the money would be split between three eating disorder charities and we were thrilled to be one of them.

"This is a very thoughtful way of highlighting the issue."