New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- Former AT&T commercial star Milana Vayntrub, who had earlier been subject to online harassment, has managed to raise over $500,000 to directly help people by selling intimate photos of herself on the internet.

Vayntrub, who has her own platform Only Philanthropy, announced the success of her endeavour on Instagram, writing, "We've raised over half a million dollars together this year. Now let's grow this into something bigger, stranger, more powerful, with more creators jumping in."

"I had this full on crazy idea for an experiment," explained Vayntrub, writing how she came upon the "ridiculous" idea to help people affected by the Los Angeles wildfires earlier this year.

Seeing that people were in need of cash afte...