Kylie Jenner may flaunt her wealth all over social media by showing off her lavish cars, outrageous birthday parties, and designer bags, but this beauty mogul does a lot for the world that many people tend to overlook.
Kylie Jenner has a net worth of $700 million and while she can buy anything her heart desires, this 23-year-old reality star has donated millions to charities that she supports and has helped the world when devastation hit, including the Australian wildfires and the coronavirus pandemic. It’s time people focus on the good Kylie Jenner has done for the world, which may have people thinking differently about the famous star.
1. She Is An Ambassador For Smile Train
Kylie Jenner is an ambassador for Smile Train, a charity that helps children with cleft palates and lips, which uses donation money to get them the surgeries they need, according to The Blast.
Jenner has also used the massive success of her beauty brand Kylie Cosmetics to create a lip kit specifically made for Smile Train, which saw 100% of the proceeds going towards the charity. She has also raised $500,000 which helped over 1,000 children.
2. She Donated $750,000 To ‘Nest Of Love’
For her 22nd birthday, Kylie Jenner launched a collection for Kylie Cosmetics that was centered about her billionaire status. However, she told her fans that the collection would “give back in a huge, huge way.”
Jenner collaborated with Ellen DeGeneres to donate $750,000 to the founder and members of a feminist organization called Nest of Love. The organization was created to help mentor young women and help low-income kids in the community.
3. She Donated Some Of Her Cosmetics Proceeds To Teen Cancer America
According to Insider, on Kylie Jenner’s 20th birthday, the reality star donated a portion of her profits from Kylie Cosmetics to Teen Cancer of America. Jenner posted a video on her Instagram along with her friend Harry Hudson, who is a cancer survivor, announcing her partnership with the organization.
“Kylie was right there by my side through all my chemo treatments,” Hudson shared in the video.
4. Kylie Donated Money To A School And Helped One Of Its Teachers Families
Continuing her give-back initiative after launching her Kylie Cosmetics Billionaire collection, Kylie Jenner surprised a fan with $100,000, after she dropped out of college to help her mother. The fans mother, who is a school teacher, was also given $100,000 from Jenner and the school, which is located in the Bronx, New York, was given $50,000, according to Insider.
5. She Has Donated To Causes Fighting Ɍаᴄıѕm
Kylie Jenner pledged her support to fight rаᴄıѕm by donating to several causes, including Black Lives Matter, NAACP, Campaign Zero, and the Youth Justice Coalition, according to The Sun.
Jenner shared on her Kylie Cosmetics page, “We will continue to educate ourselves and our followers on how we can come together to support the fight against rаᴄıѕm and will celebrate, uplift, and empower the black community through our channels.”
6. She Goes Above And Beyond For Her Close Friends
Kylie Jenner keeps a close knit group of friends, with one of them being her makeup artist, Ariel Tejada. Jenner is known to throw lavish parties for her friends and family, and she did just that for her BFF Ariel when she threw a surprise birthday bash and gifted him something he’s wanted for six months.
According to People, Jenner gifted the makeup guru with a diamond eternity band and wrote him a personal letter that read, “What a special soul you are. Thank you for being you. You are the bestest friend anyone could ask for.”
7. Giving Away $1 Million Towards Widespread Australian Wildfires
Kylie Jenner made a generous $1 million donation to the Australian wildfires in 2020 after taking to Instagram to share that it broke her heart to see the many animals killed from the devastating fires, according to CBS News.
$200,000 of that money went to the Rural Fire Association of Queensland, Australia, with the general manager, who knew little about Jenner, in disbelief over the amount of money being donated to the firefighters.
8. Creating Hand Sanitizers And Donating Them To Hospitals Amid The Pandemic
One of the highest selling products to be sold amid the coronavirus pandemic has been hand sanitizer. Kylie Jenner worked with her beauty company to create her very own sanitizer, which faced backlash after people complained about its seven dollar price.
However, one healthcare worker did share that Jenner donated her hand sanitizer to a hospital when they were in need, and had donated over 6,00o pounds of hand sanitizer last year, according to Teen Vogue.
9. Kylie Has Donated $1 Million To Help Fight Coronavirus
While also creating her very own hand sanitizer amid the pandemic, Kylie Jenner donated $1 million to buy masks and face shields for coronavirus first responders.
Dr. Thais Aliabadi shared a heartful Instagram post thanking the reality star for her sizeable donation. She shared, “I am speechless, my eyes are filled with tears of joy and my heart is overwhelmed with gratitude.”
10. Being An Inspiration For Young Women
Whether people like her or not, Kylie Jenner is a boss lady who created one of the most successful beauty empires to date. She strives to be an inspiration to her fans, telling Time magazine back in 2015, “I just want to inspire my fans to be whoever they want to be, because that’s what I’ve always done.”
