Kylie Jenner is finally using the massive social media following she's built up sharing Tumblr-ready selfies for the greater good.
The teenage reality star, who has more than 34 million Instagram followers, will be sharing the inspiring stories of people who fought back against bullying using the hashtag #IAmMoreThan.
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"For the next six days, I will be sharing stories of six incredible people who have become heroes in their own way by taking #bullying and turning it into something positive," Kylie wrote. "I’ve gotten to talk and bond with all of these people whose stories you will see on my page. I think you will all fall in love with them just like I did."
I am so excited to launch my new @Instagram campaign #IAmMoreThan. For the next six days, I will be sharing stories of 6 incredible people who have become heroes in their own way by taking #bullying and turning it into something positive. I’ve gotten to talk and bond with all of these people whose stories you will see on my page. I think you will all fall in love with them just like I did. I want to encourage you, my fans, to share something positive about yourselves. I'll be reading as much as I can so that some of you can be apart of this as well! Let's do this #IAmMoreThan #StopBullying A photo posted by King Kylie (@kyliejenner) on Aug 31, 2015 at 3:32pm PDT
Kylie began the project by sharing the story of Renee, a 21-year-old who was born with a genetic disorder that affected the development of her bones. She was nervous about explaining her condition to new people when she left for college, so she found other people who shared her experience on Tumblr and it gave her the confidence to move on to the next stage in her life.
Kylie encourages fans to use the hashtag to share obstacles they have overcome, and they have responded with moving stories of dealing with depression, surgical scars, body shaming and learning to love themselves.
It's been 9 long years of feeling ashamed and embarrassed of my scar where I was cut open 4 times for open heart surgery and had 4 tubes put in after each surgery for recovery. I thought they were ugly; I thought I needed to hide them or I would never find a man to love me or people would think I was a freak. But these scars are me and #iammorethan the looks people may give me. These scars make me a warrior and #fromthisdayforward I will not hide these marks of survival. #heartconditionwontstopthiskid A photo posted by Kimberly Lynne (@kimber.lynne.26) on Sep 2, 2015 at 8:08am PDT