America has a love-hate relationship with the Kardashians (and, by association, the Jenners). We recognize that, for the most part, they got famous through happenstance, yet we also just can't look away. Blogs everywhere spit vitriol about
Kim Kardashian, Khloe,
Kourtney Kardashian, Rob, Brody,
Kendall Jenner,
Kylie Jenner and even Kris and Caityln, and we lap it up. But let's get real for a second. The Kardashians and Jenners have done a lot of good for a lot of people. In the spirit of positivity, here are ten ways the overexposed family has made the world a better place.
Hospital Volunteering
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Of all the Kardashians, Kim probably has a reputation as the most self-absorbed, but guess what? For the past seven years, she's been regularly
volunteering at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. After a close friend's kid got sick in 2008 and she saw how much the patients needed companionship, she has not only been donating some of the proceeds from her eBay clothing sales, but also visiting sick kids, especially during the holidays. And these aren't photo op visits, either. The press didn't even know about her relationship with the hospital until the spring of 2015. Kim lets kids take selfies with her, showers them with iTunes cards and gifts, and even paints their nails.
Saving Endangered Tigers
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Khloe Kardashian has done more than her share for good causes as well. Case in point: in 2013, she teamed with the
World Wildlife Fund to raise awareness for Global Tiger Day. Khloe set up a giveaway where she would fly one winner to Los Angeles and take them on a shopping spree at Dash, the store owned by the three sisters. Khloe also took the time to record personalized thank you videos for donors along with then-husband Lamar Odom.
Feeding The Homeless
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Kylie Jenner's probably more known for her
Instagram escapades than anything else, but the 18-year-old youngest member of the Kardashian-Jenner clan has a big heart for people in need. In 2014, she was spotted
volunteering with rapper Tyga at the Los Angeles Mission just off of Skid Row, serving fresh Thanksgiving dinners to the homeless who rely on the charity of others. Just a few weeks later, Kylie and Tyga were at it again, bringing a wheelbarrow full of toys to kids in the hospital. Pretty sweet, kids.
Women In Haiti
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Celebrities lend their names to charity groups willy-nilly, but Kris Jenner and Kim Kardashian went above and beyond in 2011 when they
traveled to Haiti to aid victims of the earthquake that devastated that country. Working with the charity We Advance, set up by Jenner and others to improve the lives of women in the country, Kim spent several days visiting orphanages and patronizing local bazaars, pumping cash into the pockets of Haitian artisans and bringing global exposure to their crafts.
Giving Fans The Shoes Off Their Feet
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Caitlyn Jenner's overall impact on the recognition of transgender rights in America still has yet to be fully measured, as we're in the middle of a pretty big shift in public attitudes about gender dysphoria. But there's one thing that we can point to that's pretty damn awesome. After a tour of the LGBT Center in Los Angeles in July, Jenner met a transgender fan and the pair talked shoes, amazingly sharing the same size (13).
Cait took the shoes off of her own feet and gave them to her admirer, which is a pretty cool thing to do. I wouldn't want to walk barefoot in L.A.
Charity Boxing
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People talk a lot about wanting to pop a Kardashian in the face, but it's easy to forget that both Kim and Rob Kardashian participated in charity boxing matches in 2009 to raise money for The Dream Foundation, an organization that supports people with terminal illnesses and their families. These weren't soft-touch fake fights for show, either. Both Kardashians took some serious blows, and
Kim even got a black eye. Rob got the worst of it, though. His opponent was a lot bigger than him and landed enough blows to KO the dude.
Body Positivity
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The Kardashians have a complex relationship with body image. Obviously they don't conform to some traditional standards of beauty, but they embrace what makes them different and own it proudly. A newly-pregnant Kim, though, is speaking out about the beauty of pregnant women by uploading
nude selfies to Instagram and telling critics, "I'm going to get even bigger & that's beautiful too!" Preach it, girl. (Her shoot for
Paper magazine, below, also did plenty to inspire women to flaunt everything they have.)
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Tipping Big
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This isn't quite as earth-shattering as some of the other entries on this list, but when you think about all the celebs who are lousy tippers, it's worth noting. After stopping in at New Orleans Brennan's to meet a fan for a quick lunch, where Kim ate French toast and eggs, she paid for the entire meal - two Benjamins - and then followed it up with
a $300 tip. Leaving 150% on your lunch check is a pretty generous move, and it certainly made the world better for the Brennan's waitstaff.
AIDS Research
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Let's bring in a celebrity who's almost as reviled as the Kardashians for this next one --
Miley Cyrus. The former child star collaborated with Caitlyn Jenner on a trio of
customized Vanity Fair covers that she had decorated with puffy paint, sequins and glitter in a quiet moment on the road. Putting aside all questions about whether Miley's bus has a Tupperware full of crafting supplies, the covers sold for $69,000 as a benefit for the American Foundation for AIDS Research. Who would have thought a Jenner/Cyrus duet would sound so sweet?
Armenian Genocide Awareness
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Kim, Khloe and Kourtney are all half-Armenian on their late father's side, so they did something for Dad in 2015 on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. In probably the most traumatic event in the country's history, the Ottoman Turks massacred as many as 1.5 million Armenians in cold blood. In 2015,
Kim and Kanye traveled to the capital, Yerevan, where they paid their respects at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial. Kim also discussed the genocide on social media, raising global awareness of the fact that Turkey still refuses to acknowledge it.
