Kim Kardashian took to the Web today to talk about her visit to Haiti last week. Much like her Thanksgiving spent ladling soup at the Los Angeles Mission, the trip appeared to be a PR attempt to clean up the star’s tarnished image following the backlash from her lucrative wedding and disastrous 72-day marriage.
But, in a blog for the Huffington Post, Kardashian claimed that the impetus for her trip was purely selfless. She headed to Haiti alongside Maria Bello, who runs the organization We Advance, which aims to increase the well-being of women in the impoverished country that suffered a major earthquake last year.
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“Who knew a woman who runs around on TV with a gun and another who runs around in heels would have so much in common?” the two women wrote, referencing Bello’s police drama “Prime Suspect” and Kardashian’s reality series “Kourtney & Khloe Take New York.” “We were brought together through a bizarre turn of events, and we discovered our mutual goal of empowering women using our own unique voices.”
The women explained that the purpose of their trip was to visit the local organizations We Advance works with and celebrate those working for change in Haiti.
“We came to celebrate the thousands of Haitian women who are working tirelessly every day to bring economic and social justice to all people,” they wrote. “So to them we say: we are humbled and moved to have been with you and to tell the world about your grace. We are proud to tell the world your stories.”
Photos from the trip show Kardashian uncharacteristically dressed down: She sports a tank top and toned down makeup, with her hair in a ponytail — apparently her ‘charity’ attire.
Kardashian’s mom Kris Jenner and actress Patricia Arquette also made the trip with Bello.