Couple goals: Let’s run with Olivia Molly Rogers & Morgan Waterhouse

Olivia Molly Rogers has run a marathon before — but her next effort will be the first time she’s brought 200,000 fans with her.

Olivia Molly Rogers doesn’t just walk the talk … she runs it.

Always determined to be so much more than just a pageant princess, the Adelaide-born beauty is kicking her heels to the kerb to take on the Gold Coast half marathon for a cause close to her heart.

The 2017 Miss Universe Australia is running in the Saturday, July 1 event to raise money for the Australian Childhood Foundation through a GoFundMe account.

Her boyfriend Morgan Waterhouse will be by her side all the way, literally, because he’s also taking part.

While not doing it for a charity, he is supporting his girlfriend’s fundraising efforts.

“We have been training together,” Ms Rogers says, adding: “It’s his first (half marathon). I have roped him into it.”

Morgan Waterhouse and Olivia Molly Rogers are running a half marathon together. Picture: Instagram

Ms Rogers has had prior experience, having completed three half marathons and a full one. While unable to recall her previous results, time-wise, she is hoping to complete this half marathon in under two hours.

And, in an unusual move, she plans to be posting updates on Insta while running. It’s to encourage her more than 200,000 followers – and their friends and family – to donate.

“I run and post and people are like ‘oh God, she’s crazy’,” she says.

Recognising the rising cost of living is having an impact on so many, Ms Rogers is encouraging people to donate small amounts such as $2 and $5: “The GoFundMe (OMRforACF) is just under $2000 right now but to raise $5000 would be amazing.”

Olivia Molly Rogers plans to keep her Insta followers updated on her journey while she runs to boost her fundraising tally. Picture: Instagram

Olivia Molly Rogers at Glamour On The Grid. Picture: Sam Tabone/Getty Images

The Australian Childhood Foundation supports children and young people to heal from trauma.

Its programs include one to provide training to foster carers and extended family members looking after kids, which also has specific content for those caring for Aboriginal children.

An ambassador for the foundation, Ms Rogers worked with a number of children from lower socio-economic and disadvantaged backgrounds while studying speech pathology.

“It was quite confronting the way some of those children were treated and how it was affecting their learning and the way they saw the world,” she says.

‘It hits home to me that the Australian Childhood Foundation can help break the cycle of that. If (these children) don't receive support and care moving forward, it doesn’t change.”

To donate visit gofundme.com/f/OMRforACF