There’s a reason that the #jiltedweddingdress is trending on Twitter, you know.

As stylist.co.uk previously reported, Katy Collins sold her house, her car, and almost everything she owned to go and “live the biggest life I could” after her husband-to-be called off their wedding just a month before they were supposed to exchange their vows.

Inspired to turn the situation into a positive, she hit the backpacker trails across Thailand, Dubai, India, and Brazil, travelling a whopping 30 countries overall and even securing a three-booking publishing deal thanks to her travel blog.

Now she's selling the wedding dress that's hung in her wardrobe since 2012 – for a very good cause.

The selfless reason this backpacker is selling the wedding dress she never wore