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Kylie Jenner Takes On Bullying With #IAmMoreThan Instagram Campaign

by Taylor Ortega

Kylie Jenner's Instagram is usually a sexy catalogue of pouty closeups and bikini pics, but recently the 18-year-old decided (in these exact words, I imagine),

Move over, pictures of my own butt! I'm going to use my position of influence to encourage others.

In a rad change of pace I'm referring to as “considerate as f*ck,” Kylie announced via the photo-sharing site she'd dedicate some space on her Instagram over the course of the week to fight bullying with the #IAmMoreThan campaign.

The "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star wrote,

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. 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.

Jenner, who is, despite her mature appearance and experience in the spotlight, still a teenager, shared her own experience with bullying throughout her life in a few Snapchat videos she posted earlier this summer. She claimed,

But I've been bullied since I've been 9. From the whole world, it feels like sometimes… and I think that I've done a really great job in handling all this.

Jenner posted her first #IAmMoreThan photo on Tuesday of Renee DuShane, a college student with Pfeiffer syndrome, a genetic disorder affecting the ways bones in the face fuse and develop.

DuShane admitted critics of her syndrome can be difficult to ignore, but said,

Loving is always going to be a better place than hating.

Positivity, support AND bikini pics? Kylie Jenner's Instagram just became the one to watch.

Citations: Kylie Jenner Launches #IAmMoreThan Anti-Bullying Campaign On Instagram (Huffington Post)