Tourist hits back at trolls who criticised outfit at Bali orphanage

Aussie tourist hits back at trolls who criticised her outfit while visiting Bali orphanage – and reveals what the children really thought of her visit

• Aussie salon owner Kelsey Foster donated food and toys to a Balinese orphanage
• She shared heartwarming photos of her time with the kids but faced backlash
• Commenters slammed her swimsuit outfit as ‘inappropriate’ and ‘disrespectful’
• She called haters ‘extremely childish’ and encouraged other Aussies to donate

A glamorous good Samaritan who was targeted by trolls after she donated food to a children’s orphanage in Bali has fired back at the haters who called out her outfit.

Kelsey Foster took time out of her holiday to drop off essentials including rice, noodles and cooking oil as well as lollies and soft toys. 

However, harsh critics focused more on Ms Foster’s skimpy outfit than her good deeds and accused her of using the disadvantaged children as a ‘photo op’. 

But Ms Foster responded to the haters, saying she would never have faced such criticism if she was a ‘middle-aged’ woman.

‘People were saying I was disrespectful for not covering my skin up and that I did it for social media, just some really rude people saying I didn’t actually mean it or do it for the children,’ she told Yahoo! News.

‘I guarantee if I was a man or middle-aged woman, no fuss would be made. It’s because I am a woman and have breasts that are large and not easy to hide.’

Australian tourist Kelsey Foster (right) slammed people who accused her of using a Balinese orphanage as a ‘photo op’ of being ‘extremely childish’

Mrs Foster (centre) shared photos of her time at a Balinese orphanage on Sunday but was criticised for wearing an ‘inappropriate’ outfit

‘The driver and myself checked it was okay to go inside wearing swimmers and they said yes and invited us in.

‘The children didn’t care what I was wearing. They had the biggest smiles to see all the food and things I took them.’

The young woman, who boasts more than 7,000 followers on Facebook now wants to use her social media following to help people.

‘It is not a bad thing to remind people ways to help others,’ she said. 

‘If I took donations and did not post to social media to share with friends I would have been labelled a scammer or something, so either way you win some and lose some.’

Ms Foster explained she was wearing a swimsuit to battle the 33C heat and humidity, but cruel commenters believed there was no excuse to be dressed ‘inappropriately’.

Heartwarming photos from her visit show her spending time with the children while dressed in a bikini and sheer pink co-ord (pictured, Mrs Foster at the orphanage)

Cruel commenters (one pictured above) under Mrs Foster’s post were more focused on criticising her outfit than taking note of her generous charity

‘Next time it would probably be much more respectful to keep your puppies inside your clothes,’ one person wrote.

‘It’s not something children need to experience at a young age.’

Another social media user accused Ms Foster of failing to properly research the orphanage and check it wasn’t a facility that takes advantage of children.

‘I’m not hating anyone. I’m just saying tourists to Bali should be more responsible as to how they help children,’ they wrote.

‘Charities need to be transparent and responsible about how they operate.

‘I understand the poster meant well, but this is not a good example of how we can support children in need.’

However, other commenters were quick to jump to Mrs Foster’s defence.

‘That’s such a beautiful thing,’ one wrote. ‘Doesn’t matter what you wear. That’s not what the post is about peeps. God bless you.’

Mrs Foster handed out lollies and soft toys to the children at the orphanage and donated essentials like cooking oil and rice (pictured, Mrs Foster with one of the children)

Mrs Foster said any notion of her using the Balinese orphanage as a photo opportunity was ‘extremely childish’ (pictured, Mrs Foster at the orphanage)

A second said: ‘Either way at the end of the day you did a good thing. People can judge all they want but at-least in your heart you know you did the right thing girl.’  

Ms Foster also responded to some of her trolls directly, writing: ‘Hilarious how quick judgement comes because of what I am wearing.

‘A swimsuit I had on already from the morning on a 33 degree day in humidity I am not used to, how dare I.

‘It’s not meaningful because I took pictures? I had friends from Australia donate to me back home to bring money here to do this for the children when I mentioned I wanted to visit, so I am sharing with them.

‘I loved my time there, loved meeting the children and no one’s going to change my mind.’

She added she’d purchased the donated items from a local family-owned shop who said the money will feed them ‘for more than two weeks’.

Mrs Foster added she bought the donated items from a local family-owned store and received money from her Australian friends to pass on to the orphanage (above)

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