Kim Kardashian travels to Haiti to “raise awareness” for women’s charity

During the Thanksgiving holiday, Kim Kardashian volunteered for a photo op at the LA Mission, which provides meals to the homeless. Kim spent more time posing for paparazzi photos than she did actually helping out or “volunteering”. But I guess we were supposed to think, “Hey, Kat-face isn’t so bad – look at her posing for photos while she’s serving the homeless.” Except that no one said that, because her move was really obvious. So now Kim is forced to try another humanitarian gambit – she traveled to Haiti with her mother. Kim and Kris actually went to Haiti as part of a real charity – We Advance, co-founded by Maria Bello. So… at least Kim didn’t just fly into Port-au-Prince and pose for some “LOOK AT ME, I’M A CAT-FACED HUMANITARIAN NOW” photos on the tarmac and then call it a day.

With Christmas just two weeks away, Kim Kardashian is giving back — in Haiti. A source close to the reality star, 31, confirms that she’s currently on the impoverished, earthquake-ravaged nation with mom Kris Jenner, designer Donna Karan and actresses Patricia Arquette and Maria Bello.

Prime Suspect star Bello, 44, is one of the co-founders of the organzation We Advance, which strives to “advance the health, safety and well being of women throughout Haiti,” its website explains.

Working in “some of the poorest slums in all of the Western Hemisphere,” We Advance reaches out to women in need, their family and community leaders.

It’s a welcome respite from Kardashian’s divorce battle with Kris Humphries, the source says. “She’s been there for two days…She says it’s amazing!”

The star herself tweeted Friday evening: “What a beautiful day today! You only live once, so go for it! Make the best of it! Xo”

[From Us Weekly]

According to Radar, “Kim’s role in making the trip is to help bring more attention to the ongoing problems in Haiti.” Which means you would expect Kim to be photographed in Haiti, because it’s one of those rare occasions where a photo-op might actually help out and bring more awareness and money. But there are no photos. Oh well… maybe she’ll actually have a moment of serious contemplation and realize that she needs to dedicate at least SOME of her time to doing non-famewhore things.

Probably not though – Kim’s next big appearance has already been confirmed: she’s being paid to make to hostess New Year’s Eve at Tao in Las Vegas. She’s getting paid $200,000. Of course.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

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  1. cr says:

    Poor Haiti. Haven’t they suffered enough?

  2. sweetpea says:

    When will she go away? Gawd…

  3. Jack Spicer says:

    Did she take with herself her make-up artist and hairdresser? And 10 LV suitcases? Duh, winning!!!!!!!!!!!

  4. assistantrachel says:

    With any luck, she and her asshole mother will get stuck there, never to return!

  5. Lauren says:

    That’s like having a KKK-member raise awareness for racism.

    • MarenGermany says:

      spot on!

    • Stiletto Sammie says:

      You got that right ;0)

    • sierra says:

      Lol I thought you were actually referring to them with kkk at first.

    • Carolyn says:

      It’s as disingeneous as Paris going to India and being photographed “giving” poor people money out of the limo window. Kim…Haiti…Kim…Haiti. I don’t see the connection and realness of Kim doing this. Yet another epic PR fail. I think the original conversation went like this:
      Kris: We need to change PR tack. Kim you’re becoming a humanitarian.
      Kim: A what? I don’t want to eat vegies.
      Kris: A humanitarian. You need to be photographed caring about poor people.
      Kim: poor people? I’ve already done that – that was the feeding poor people thing I did recently. I don’t want to be photographed going into Walmart!
      Kris: We’re going to Haiti
      Kim: Tahiti? Yay, I’ll pack my bikini. I’ll get a good tan there.

  6. NM9005 says:

    If people say that it doesn’t matter whether doing charity is a photo-op or not, if it raises awareness it’s fine. Curious what this post will bring out =).

    Also, I doubt this will change her. She would never have done this if it wasn’t for the huge lashback of the divorce. How dumb can one be?!

    On those pictures, I find it quite offending to attend a volunteering project in full make-up and accompanied by photogs. The make-up is one thing, I could understand you want to look good but with the photoghs it’s quite clear that being demure for ONE event focused on the needy can’t persuade her to tone down the PR and false integrity. If I were down on my luck and went to that event to then find KK with that posing mug of hers, I would slap the turkey in her face :). Truly a vain and narcissistic person.

    • the original bellaluna says:

      Yes. Because the homeless really care what you look like when you’re serving them a meal. I’d be looking at the food, myself.

      • NM9005 says:

        That and the combination with press, I would be peeved off yeah. It’s volunteering, not modelling. To each its own.

  7. dorothy says:

    No doubt.. with her false eyelashes, makeup crew, hairdressers, stylists and camera crew to film how wonderful she is. Yes, she will really experience their sufferage. What a joke she is.

  8. MariPily says:

    I know it will NEVER happen, but Kim needs to lie low. Go away. Her fans are disappointed in her, and her detractors are cackling in glee over her huge divorce fiasco. All this charity promo isn’t going to restore her popularity or reputation. What are her managers thinking? This all seems so insincere and fake. Even if some of these charity appearances were planned in advance, she could try and lie low at these events…and not preen in front of the camera. I used to be one of her biggest fans, but I’m just over it.

  9. Lady D says:

    How to move from disgusting to contemptible in one easy step.

  10. Helen says:

    Her role is to generate more attention to the charity? So, she’s probably not doing any work, and they are probably just hoping that one of her haters is reading this, feeling sorry for the people in Haiti and Mario Bello for having to associate with her, and considering donating to the charity or otherwise providing support… Kim’s probably paying one Haitian to paint another’s toenails and talking about the importance of beauty…

    • The Original Denise says:

      Seriously! Mario Bello and Olivia Wilde have been doing this forever. So Kardashian is now going to exploit the poor Haitians? Someone should tell her and Gaycrest that her show does not air there. Her best damage control would have been to lay low or go away…….no such luck. This family can’t take a leak without a camera present to validate them.

  11. only1shmoo says:

    Yeah, and this is about as genuine as when Parasite Hilton went to a Bali orphanage (conveniently, around the time K.K. was getting even more press) so that she could show “support” for the kids…only problem here is that A)everyone knows P.H. is racist, so she doesn’t really give a sh*t about poor kids from ‘Asia, or whatever’, and B) she spent most of her time there flaunting her wealth.

    Poor, disadvantaged people now get to be in the company of insincere, snotty socialites who’re pretending to care, great…

  12. e.non says:

    what a filthy c*nt. as if her exploitation of the homeless on thanksgiving wasn’t disgusting enough, she now travels to haiti for an unforgivable p.r. stunt.

    haven’t been there in years, but i suspect nothing’s changed. oh pleasepleaseplease let the beggers still be within reach of her suv. she will flip her shit on the drive from the airport into port-au-prince; and be exposed to a level of poverty she has never contemplated. oh hell, who am i kidding, this bitch has never thought about anyone but herself.

  13. Eleonor says:

    Someone paid her to do a charity???

  14. Trillion says:

    I just hope in some way, however small, Haitians can benefit from her personal damage control excursion to their country. My tolerance for her is as low as anyones, but perhaps her publicity will raise awareness and possibly donations. My sister volunteers in Haiti 2 weeks a year as a nurse. The stories she comes back with are devastating and could haunt you forever.

    • Mimi says:

      *sob*
      Well put. Nice to see a little (potentially) positive spin on an otherwise bleak & reprehensible situation. (Haiti & Kim respectively.)

  15. Skinnybetch says:

    Ugh, I can just picture her throwing a fit because Haiti doesn’t have any five star hotels. “Moooommmm, I’m not staying at a Holiday Inn! How could you do this to me?? waaahhhhhh! You’re fired!”

  16. SEF says:

    Her comments about being in Haiti make it sound like she’s at Club Med . . . wait, is there a Club Med there? Wouldn’t put it past her.

  17. Criss says:

    This is B@llsh#t. Just because she didn’t stay in a pathetic marriage longer than most of us would have. I stayed 11 years in a f@ck’d up marriage. If only I was as smart as Kim, it would have saved me a lot of pain and money and wasted years. She can’t even do charity work for the world’s worse off? I’d say she’s one of the smartest women around, building an empire off of having sex one time while the rest of us do it for free for the sake of our “vows.” She’s the one laughing all the way to the bank.

    • NM9005 says:

      If I talk in a babyvoice (to dumbify and objectify myself), showed my cooch for the entire world to see and faked every aspect in my life and let it be documented just to squeeze money out of it, would that make me smart? Or is it only when there’s a financial reward that it becomes “business savvy” and “being intelligent” instead of just being a dumb tramp who (ab)uses people?

      She brought out the sex tape for the sake of money. I’ll take “vows” and love (trust, honesty, vulnerability) any day over money since for me it’s the most earnest state of thinking when talking about sexual monogamy + her fame is the kind that won’t last and money doesn’t make you a good and fullfilling human being and two if she screws for money that would make her a prositute and not exactly a businesswoman (with all due respect for prositutes =) ).

      • twinkle says:

        well put!! I always enjoy reading your comments. well spoken and always valid. keep ’em coming!
        and Criss….WTF is wrong with you? sounds like you haven’t quite gotten over those 11 years in hell. Please, don’t make Kim K your aspiration. Remember that there are great guys out there and letting yourself get pissed on in a sex tape and releasing it yourself to the world, is in no way a better exchange than true love, honesty and some f**king self respect!!!

      • NM9005 says:

        Thank you Twinkle 🙂

    • Johanna says:

      While the rest of us do it for free? Do you think we’re prostitutes or something? We adults do it for either love or just plain consensual sex. Unlike her, we don’t exploit a private act to cash on it and if you do that’s fine, your choice, but they do have a word for it and it’s called prostitution. If you honestly think she’s one of the.smartest woman alive it just shows how limited your education and your standards are. Turn the reality tv off, step away from the internet, and evaluate your priorities and do yourself a favor and read a book.

    • autumndaze says:

      @Criss,

      You should use a little more imagination when posting under a pseudonym, Kris.

    • paranormalgirl says:

      I’m sure she’s had sex more than once.

  18. Hanna says:

    Catface is hustlin’

  19. LeeLoo says:

    Any brand that she touches has been losing money now any cause in Hati is going to lose money because Kim supports it.

  20. Sarah says:

    Using the poor and vulnerable for shameless self promotion really is a new low.

    ‘The star herself tweeted Friday evening: “What a beautiful day today! You only live once, so go for it! Make the best of it! Xo”’

    Truly sickening.

    • Bev says:

      Kim Krap is not the first or last celeb to use the poor/vunerable to seek publicity even Kimberley bimbo Stewart went there lol

    • Elizabeth says:

      yes, you only live once Kim. But this kind of stupid whoring stays in the memory forever.

  21. Meh says:

    Woman of substance. We need more of your kind.

  22. truthful says:

    Its like her and her mother are stoopid, either they just don’t get it–no one is buying her BS or they are RUDE and inappropriate as hell and are determined to shove shit down our throats.

    If she were really trying to help, no one would even KNOW she went..and Carla is her Assistant/Best Friend that used to creep w/Kobe–until his wife Vanessa, checked her.

    attention whores

  23. AM says:

    O.M.G can this woman sink even lower to go to Haiti to try and raise her profile. what the hell!!

  24. Jag says:

    Isn’t Haiti where Paris Hilton went to pretend that she cared about people when everyone got sick of her? I think it is.

  25. logan says:

    Those poor, poor people. Next will be a trip to Japan to heal that country. Then make an apperance with the USO in Afghanistan. Will she ever travel to the hill country of South Carolina or to Arkansas? I truly doubt it. Those fine folks have more class and sense than the Kards could handle. Didn’t fall for it at Thanksgiving and not falling for it now.

    • JaneWonderfalls says:

      Dead on !!!!

    • the original bellaluna says:

      Maybe they’ll make a (l-o-n-g) stop in Fukushima and get a healthy dose of radiation poisoning.

      Of course, Kartrashian mutations could be more frightening than what we have now…

  26. Squirrel says:

    Dearest saintly, airbrushed Kim
    do you really think we’re dim
    and each Haitian a silly fool
    as well as your husband a helpless tool?

    Do your sponsors tell you so
    and you thus happily up and go
    from one camera lens right to another
    pretending to actually care and bother?

    Well if yes let us wait and see
    on whom the last laugh will be.
    A decade from now, on ‘what happened to’
    we cannot wait for the episode on you.

    Until then, and it’s a wrap
    we won’t watch your shows, nor buy your KRAP!

  27. Blue says:

    This bitch is so transparent. She never did anything for anyone selflessly or out of the goodness of her heart. Now everyone thinks she’s an asshole so she’s doing all this charity work and playing victim. It’s so pathetic, disgusting and she has no shame or a clue. Anyone who falls for this BS is an idiot.

  28. Cher says:

    Why wear so much makeup at the soup kitchen???

  29. Sigh. says:

    Kaiser says:

    “But there are no photos. Oh well… maybe she’ll actually have a moment of serious contemplation and realize that she needs to dedicate at least SOME of her time to doing non-famewhore things.”

    ORRRRRR no photos = Future “A Very Special Episode of…,” to boost ratings

  30. ShanKat says:

    The only “charity” the Kardashians support is The Kardashians.

    I hear those $20,000.00 tables at her NYE party aren’t selling like they did last year…

  31. Ha ha says:

    Getting payed to help ? For real ? I hope that’s not true . I don’t like what she said about her husband . Even if it were true , you should have enough class not to say those things .

  32. Diane says:

    The ploy for damage control couldn’t be more obvious. Was she even there 2 years ago? This woman is so disgusting

  33. JudyK says:

    Not even going to read this…going to make one comment and it is: BULLSHIT.

  34. Em says:

    Kim is doing a good thing, and we should continue to remember Haiti.

    • JaneWonderfalls says:

      Do you really believe anything she does is genuine, cause I don’t. Maybe I’m just cynical and your a better person than me for actually giving her the benefit of the doubt, but if I want to remember Haiti trust me I will not be looking to anyone with the name Kardashian to get my tips on world crisis and issues.

  35. anonymoose says:

    SpiderEyes needs to raise her self awareness to learn what we really think of her. She would not dare leave the house if she had any clue that she is a laughing stock and that no one values her and her fraudulent lifestyle.

  36. Thea says:

    She has no shame whatsoever. No wonder Bruce went into hiding. Shame she is turning to a humanitarian slant to fix her image in the media. I would not want her representing anything I was involved with.

    • MorticiansDoItDeader says:

      Bruce probably went into hiding because he’s recovering from more plastic surgery.

  37. anonymoose says:

    Why do ppl call her katface? is it because she is a catty bitch? Anyone with spider legs for eyelashes gets called SpiderEyes in my book. Ain’t nothing remotely feline about this horrid woman.

    In fact, I hesitate to call her a “woman.” Certainly not a real one!

  38. ??? says:

    She’s looking for her next husband LOL.

  39. JaneWonderfalls says:

    This bish just will never go away, I thought with all the backlash she could get the hint, but looks like it’s just smoke as usual with people, the show averaged over 3.4 million viewers so as long as people are watching than they will stay on the network.

  40. PyCaramel says:

    Any bitch who trips about a 75k pair of earrings for the world to see has NO business putting on this facade!!! F u KIM for trying to exploit these ppl, who are more down in life than you could ever imagine, for the sake of your own fame. God doesn’t like UGLY and you are ALL kids of UGLY inside that plastic shell of a body.

  41. Tristyn says:

    First feeding the homeless,to humanitarian work in Haiti,next will be japan and tsunami victims and for her grand finale she will be going to Africa to cure AIDS!! Wait for it !!! There’s more a self entitled Nobel peace prize ….

  42. bagladey says:

    Gtfoh with this isht.

  43. skuddles says:

    Oh man, this broad makes me sick! It is so painfully obvious this whole charity crusade is nothing more than a ploy for attention and positive PR. Go away already you useless fatass whore.

  44. Hmmm says:

    Hahahahahahaha!

  45. Jover says:

    Agree with everyone above two things: She is featured on Barbara Walters’ “special” of fascinating people; we can only assume barbra whawha has completely lost it; and how in the name of everything that is sacred and holy does this slimy ho still get mag covers? What does she have on the editors of these mags, do they (the editors) have no standards, are people being paid off, i just don’t get it.

    • TheOriginalKitten says:

      Well by “fascinating” they probably meant “most googled”. Even though you and I (and most posters here I see)thinks she’s awful-she does seem to get a lot of attention.

  46. Flan says:

    Did she use some of her own money for her new cause or is she just ‘raising awareness’?

    Rich people raising awareness for a charity without paying anything, is one of the most ridiculous things on this earth.

  47. badrockandroll says:

    Why would someone pay her $200K to host a New year’s Eve Party? Who goes to those things on the merit of the host/hostess? Who would pay to be in a room with KK? And what does she do – spin tunes? serve hors d’oeuvres? I hate New Year’s Eve anyway, but spending it with this broad would make me wish for the apocalypse.

  48. Leek says:

    Oh Kim…she’s about as useful as a bag of dicks.

  49. the original bellaluna says:

    Bullchunks. Lardassian is volunteering in Haiti to raise awareness for goodwill towards HERSELF after this divorce fiasco!

  50. Jason Bond says:

    I don’t know why you would pay Kim K 200k to be at your club. She can’t do anything. She’s not a singer or dancer what can she do? This is a waste of their money.

  51. Matt says:

    I haven’t laugh so hard since my last prostate exam.

  52. ViloDeMenus says:

    It’s really despicable to use suffering people in order to attempt to rehab your image, so she can make obscene amounts of money that she won’t even donate 1% of her money to help. What a travesty. I hope this makes people even more contemptuous the entire Klan and what they will stoop to do to ensure their brand doesn’t lose money.

  53. Sarah Walusimbi says:

    hmnnnn the language here is truly disgusting.You can express hate without stooping to vulgar language,just saying.

  54. Nibbi says:

    grrrr i’m glad nobody’s falling for this.

    celebrities are such a*holes. they see angelina traveling the world and ‘raising awareness,’and see how much everyone adores her and admires her for it, and think that that can apply so easily for them & it’s just a matter of being seen on-site or doing something nice. the thing is, angelina’s always seemed pretty sincere- in fact, wholly serious- with it, and has been putting in major time and money to charitable efforts for years. i can’t remember the figure but i remember hearing several times about how much dough jolie (& now pitt, i guess) donate to different things. i’m sure that it’s in the millions of dollars at this point.

    hm, i know how this chick could raise my eyebrow and make me consider her less than a nasty fleck of superficiality- how about giving away her money. like, massive amounts of it. if she wants us to believe that she’s had some sort of spiritual conversion or something post-divorce, i say she’d have to stop turning a profit off of every damn thing she does.

    • Flan says:

      Exactly.

      Rich people raising awareness without putting in money is beyond ridiculous.

      They care so much about something that they want YOU to donate.

  55. Jamie says:

    In times of war and devastation, things not only become difficult for all, but very unsafe for women. I really don’t care who it is bringing awareness to the issue – this is the first I’ve heard of this organization so technically, mission accomplished. AJ’s charity work to “bring awareness” to regions became her main PR drive during BP’s divorce, so naturally other Hollywood types would try the same strategy, because it worked for her. There’s no need to expect Kim to be genuine about it, she’s not genuine about anything. But neither are most celebs that we actually buy into.

    • Trillion says:

      That’s not the actual timeline. She started humanitarian work (and adopted Maddox) before she met BP.

  56. Luise says:

    Yea right…..that fat bitch whore really cares about this cause. She and her lot only care about one cause.

  57. imabrat says:

    Uh huh, sure. She’s about as genuine as her body parts.

  58. Pauline Bernoski says:

    Please, now it’s time to make her image better because everyone is so sick of the whole disgusting family. Disgusting fat ass pig!Go away!

  59. Julia says:

    She is dead serious about that redemption PR act, isn’t she ? LOL !!!!

  60. mon says:

    That hairline!!!!!!

    And bless her little heart, trying some PR moves like REAL celebrities…

  61. Glenda T. says:

    I am so sick of hearing about these people!!! Who cares????

  62. TXCinderella says:

    Who is even going to take this fake chick seriously?

  63. Euphorima says:

    These people know how to make money!!! $200,000.00 for hostessing??!!! wish i could get paid that much for doing nothing.

  64. Bob says:

    I hope Haiti refuses her entry into their country.

  65. Dawn says:

    Well she may travel there but I doubt charity has anything to do with it, at least not in her heart. She travelled there for publicity and a pay check and nothing more would be my guess. Yuk.

  66. Lynne says:

    There are pics of her and Kris on twitter walking around town, shopping and taking pics. I am sure that staged pics will be released soon after they are photoshopped.
    I want to know who payed for their travel, did the charity use it’s money or did they pay their own way?
    It is important to support charity but one needs to look at how much of the money is actually being used to help, and how much is used to cover the costs to make an informed decision which one to support.

  67. paola says:

    she really looks like Jasmine from ‘Aladdin’. she has the same cartoony face.

  68. the original bellaluna says:

    Sean Penn went to Haiti, and didn’t make a huge publicity stunt of it.

    Harry Connick Jr AND Sean Penn were in NOLA and didn’t make a huge publicity stunt of it. (And I’m pretty sure NEITHER of them wore make-up or cared what they wore.)

    Katching the drift, here, Kartrashian?

  69. Mamahawk says:

    KK is a gross famewhore who is fighting for relevance. She is famous for her fake life not any real talent.

  70. Kim says:

    This is JUST how stupid Kris K and Kim K really are. They think her all of a sudden doing charity work will put her back in public favor. Oh brother! Kim your 15 mins is completely over.

  71. BerMan says:

    This is rather strange and pathetic. Good effort though.. But seriously K family can do a lot better in helping out. But trying to do a 90 degrees character turn is not fooling a lot of people. The public personality/ fame exposure is known to all. We thank you for that. Reap what you sow. – You do not inspire young girls/women in a positive way. If one googled how to become like Kim Kardashian, the first link 1.Doing a sex tape, 2.deny knowledge of it being stolen and fake cry a lot 3. Sell to highest bidder. 4. Have your mum sell your soul and if you have sisters, they’ll be right along on that money train. Choo, Choo !

  72. dolcev says:

    This is a good one…hahah. They sent her to Haiti to show her humanitary side to let everyone forget what a selfish person she is. She is not as liked anymore and everyone is getting so sick of her. Get lost already!!!!!