EXCLUSIVE: Kim Kardashian goes head-to-head with Jeff Bezos' fiancee Lauren Sanchez over $200K auction item at NYC event - find out who won
Kim Kardashian and Lauren Sanchez have been friends for years.
But on Tuesday evening the 42-year-old reality TV siren and the 53-year-old future wife of Jeff Bezos went head-to-head at a charity auction, DailyMail.com has learned exclusively.
The famous ladies competed with each other at the Kering Foundation's Caring For Women dinner at The Pool in New York City.
During the auction called by auctioneer Lydia Fenet, Kim bid on the Couture Experience from Balenciaga. And then so did curvy Lauren.
They both ended up spending a fortune.
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Kim vs Lauren: Kim Kardashian and Lauren Sanchez have been friends for years. But on Tuesday evening the 42-year-old reality TV siren and the 53-year-old future wife of Jeff Bezos went head-to-head at a charity auction, DailyMail.com has learned exclusively
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Suddenly besties? Kim was with Lauren and Jeff - as well as Kris, Corey and North - at Beyonce's concert
Sanchez, who was across from Kim at another table, went back and forth bidding higher and higher on the experience.
The room fell silent as Kim bid, then Lauren, then Kim - and so on.
They finally called it at $200,000 but both ladies decided they would bid.
So they both won the experience, sharing it. That means they each put in $200,000.
At the same time, another person at Kim’s table added $200,000 to the bid.
In the end, that one item brought in a total of $600,000 for the charities. Proceeds from the auction will go to Malala Fund, the National Network to End Domestic Violence, and the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault.
For 15 years, the Kering Foundation has partnered with organizations to help eradicate violence and improve the lives of survivors.
Event co-chairs are Salma Hayek Pinault and her husband François-Henri Pinault who works for Kering.
Also present were Zoë Kravitz, Cindy Sherman, Christy Turlington Burns, Olivia Wilde, Oprah Winfrey, Malala Yousafzai, and Florence Welch.
Other VIPs were Tracee Ellis Ross, Rachel Sennott, Nicole Kidman, Isabelle Hupert, Kim Kardashian, Luka Sabbat, Linda Evangelista, Gloria Steinem were also there.
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BFFs now? Kim was also with Lauren on Monday. The 42-year-old SKIMS founder turned heads as she arrived for dinner at New York’s Mercer Hotel. She had on a red snakeskin coat with her black hair down. The star was joined by Lauren who wore a black halter dress with her hair up
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In late August: (L-R) Kim, Jeff, Lauren, Kris, and Elsa Marie Collins, co-founder of This Is About Humanity, attend the TIAH 5th Anniversary Soiree at Private Residence on August 26 in Los Angeles
![Like family: from left, Khloe Kardashian, Penelope Disick, Kim, North West, Kris Jenner, Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos on September 4](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/09/13/21/75396205-12514903-Like_family_from_left_Khloe_Kardashian_Penelope_Disick_Kim_North-a-128_1694636527056.jpg)
Like family: from left, Khloe Kardashian, Penelope Disick, Kim, North West, Kris Jenner, Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos on September 4
Kim was also with Lauren on Monday.
The 42-year-old SKIMS founder turned heads as she arrived for dinner at New York’s Mercer Hotel.
She had on a red snakeskin coat with her black hair down.
The TV star was joined by Lauren who wore a black halter dress with her hair up.
Also there were Nicky Hilton, 39, and her husband, James Rothschild, 38, who have three children together.
Kim and Lauren, who seem to be becoming best friends, were also together at a party in LA last week; Kim's mom Kris Jenner was there too. It was the TIAH 5th Anniversary Soiree that was held at a private residence.
Before that the ladies were seen rubbing elbows at Beyonce's birthday concert in Los Angeles.
Also there were Jeff, Khloe, Kris, North and Penelope.