Kylie Jenner launched an anti-bullying campaign on Instagram
Reality TV star Kylie Jenner is not your average 18-year old. Having spent most of her teenage years on camera for millions of viewers, she has been quite vocal about the toll this takes on an individual in the past.
Now it seems that Kylie is keen to use her very public persona in an effort to shed light in a topic that is very important for her and plenty of other young people around the world.
The teenager has launched an anti-bullying campaign on social media, using the hashtag #IAmMoreThan, she announced the campaign on Monday.
She wrote that she wants to feature stories of six individuals who have been able to turn their past experiences with bullying into something more positive.
"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," Kim Kardashian's little sister 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."
In June of this year the KUWTK star admitted in a Snapchat video that she has experienced bullying of her own.
She told her fans:
"I've been bullied since I've been 9, from the whole world it feels like sometimes," she said. "And I think that I've done a really great job at handling all of this."
Today Kylie shared the story of a college student called Renee who was born with a genetic disorder which affects how the bones in her face fuse together.