"When you don't have a home, you can't just say oh no, I can't do this anymore because it's raining," she said.
As part of the Miss Rotorua competition contestants have been encouraged to step outside their comfort zone and do something they usually wouldn't do.
They have all partnered with businesses and organisations in the Rotorua community to raise at least $1000 each for charity.
After fundraising by selling hangi, Miss Morrison and her 8-year-old daughter spent a night volunteering at Rotorua Love Soup's kitchen.
She said it was an eye opener for her daughter to see that side of the community.
"I met a woman recently who had found herself on the wrong side of the law," she said.
"She stole food, because she didn't have enough money to feed herself and her daughter."
Miss Morrison said she chose the specific walk because it went through an area rough sleepers were often found.
"It's a bigger issue than just feeding people, and I thought what can I do to raise an awareness of that," she said.
"It is about getting people more engaged and involved so that people don't have to end up in situations like this."
When they reached the end of the walk Love Soup Rotorua's Elmer Peiffer gave a speech to the volunteers about the work they do with the city's most vulnerable.
"What they do is a service to the people that need it most," Miss Morrison said.
"It was nice to have a chance to engage with people, identify them in our community and to hear their story."
