Red Nose Day has just started its advertising campaign and many starts have come out to promote the cause. This year the event is taking place on 18th March and traditionally has a long evening television show where many stars perform comedy sketches to encourage watches to dinate money to the cause.

Lara Stone has been names as the new face of the campaign. Her amazing photo shoot involved her dressing up Marilyn Monroe style with a breeze blowing under a white dress. Of course, there was a  twist for red nose day as lots of red noses were surrounding her. Other stars joining her in the campaign are singers Alesha Dixon and Alexandra Burke. Also involved is her husband,  David Walliams, John Cleese, Amanda Holden, and David Tennant

Lara Stone is Dutch supermodel and has appeared on the Catwalk for many famous fashion houses as well as appearing in many advertising campaigns for various beauty and clothing products. Her looks, blonde hair and a gap between her top front teeth have meant that there is an increase in popularity for models with this particular look. She married David Walliams, the UK comedian in 2010. They had a lavish ceremony at Claridge’s hotel and many stars attended. The best man was Matt Lucas, David’s long term comedy partner and he made a moving speech. Also attending were Johnathan Ross, Alan Carr, Natalie Imbruglia, Ronnie Corbett and Barbara Windsor. The supermodel wore a £10,000 Givenchy dress.

Red Nose Day was launched in 1985 by Richard Curtis and Alexander Mendis and is hosted on the BBC every two years. There are usually a selection of well known faces hosting the event during the evening. Often comedy stars with well known presenters. The 2011 show will consist of many things including special episodes of Eastenders and Miranda, a performance by Boyzone and a series of ‘Lets Dance for Comic Relief’ where celebrities are asked to perform a dance and get vote sby telephone (from which the money raised go towards the charity). There will be a single released to raise funds and Walkers crisps have released new flavours to help raise money.

Anyone wanting to support the Comic Relief cause can buy one of three ‘monster’ red noses from Sainbury’s or Oxfam or choose from a selection of other merchandise. TK Max will also be selling a range of clothing. Of course direct donations can also be mad via the website or through banks and buildings societies. One of the big principles of the charity is that all of the money donated goes towards the charity, there are no running costs paid for from it, these are all covered by corporate sponsors or interest on donations waiting to be distributed. The charity has so far raised over £600 million which it donates to many good cause in the UK and abroad.

The charity was so successful that it launched another biannual event, ‘Sport Relief’ which runs alternate years to the Red Nose Day Events. Red Nose Day tries to raise money from comedy whereas Sport Relief raises money for the same charities but by encouraging people to do sporting events.