Moss's poem will aid cancer sufferers

Kate Moss has proved she is not just a pretty face by turning her hand to poetry.

The supermodel has written a poem to raise money for the British Teenage Cancer Trust.

And she chose the world of fashion as the subject for her five-line limerick.

It reads: “Please let me tell you in brief/What has always been my belief/Though you may have a passion/for beauty and fashion/What matters is what’s underneath.”

Moss is one of dozens of celebrities who have written poems for the charity’s Write To Life campaign.

It will be auctioned off in a sale at Bonhams in central London this Wednesday.

Paul McCartney, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? host Chris Tarrant and actress Rachel Weisz are among those who have contributed.

Tarrant has written a four-line poem dedicated to fishing, his favourite pastime, while McCartney's ditty is about lollipops.

Oscar-winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis sent a more cerebral offering – perhaps inspired by his father, the late poet laureate Cecil Day-Lewis.

The auction will also see a selection of books, scripts, drawings and fashion photographs go under the hammer.

They include sketches by designer Alexander McQueen, a first edition of Charles Dickens’ Little Dorrit and an EastEnders script signed by the cast.