{"id":169,"date":"2008-06-19T12:40:24","date_gmt":"2008-06-19T20:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/?p=169"},"modified":"2008-06-19T12:44:28","modified_gmt":"2008-06-19T20:44:28","slug":"2008-peta-sexiest-vegetarian-awards-go-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/2008-peta-sexiest-vegetarian-awards-go-to\/","title":{"rendered":"2008 PETA Sexiest Vegetarian Awards go to&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Anthony Kiedis and Leona Lewis, congratulations sexy veggies!<\/p>\n<p>Each year, PETA holds\u00a0a contest for the sexiest male and female vegetarians, and you can vote!\u00a0 This year&#8217;s results are in, so if you missed out, make sure you join in the fun next year!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.peta.org\/feat_sexiest_vegetarians_alive.asp\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">http:\/\/www.peta.org\/feat_sexiest_vegetarians_alive.asp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is the full article from PETA:<br \/>\n<strong>Leona Lewis and Anthony Kiedis Voted World&#8217;s<br \/>\nSexiest Vegetarian Celebrities of 2008<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The votes have been counted, and the results are in. It&#8217;s official\u2014pop princess <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/leonalewis\" rel=\"nofollow external\"  target=\"_blank\">Leona Lewis<\/a> and red hot chili pepper <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anthony_Kiedis\" rel=\"nofollow external\"  target=\"_blank\">Anthony Kiedis<\/a> are the sexiest vegetarian celebrities alive!<\/p>\n<p>Kiedis recently went vegan after learning about the worldwide depletion of fish in the oceans and after a doctor recommended a healthy vegan diet for his son. &#8220;Soon after I [went vegan] I saw some documentary footage of what happens in the factory farming of cows \u2026. It sealed the deal,&#8221; says Kiedis, who documented his earlier hard-partying ways in his autobiography, <em>Scar Tissue<\/em>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nBy contrast, Lewis\u2014whose album <em>Spirit<\/em> made her the first British artist to top the U.S. Billboard chart with a debut album\u2014has a squeaky clean history. And when it comes to the dirty business of animal abuse, she&#8217;s a woman of action. &#8220;I am vegetarian so I don&#8217;t have clothes, shoes or bags made from leather or suede or any animal products. \u2026 I&#8217;m on a mission,&#8221; she says.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrities&#8217; reasons for keeping animals off their plates are as diverse and inspiring as their talents\u2014from avoiding the inexcusable cruelty to animals on factory farms and in slaughterhouses to improving their own health and helping the environment by not contributing to factory-farm pollution.<\/p>\n<p>Want to do your part to help animals and become as sexy as our winners? <a href=\"http:\/\/getactive.peta.org\/campaign\/30_day_veg_pledge?qp_source=vegpledgegen\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Pledge to Be Veg for 30 days<\/a> to explore a vegetarian diet for one month, and we&#8217;ll e-mail you our favorite recipes as well as tips on the best places to eat out, the tastiest animal-friendly snacks, and the most delicious prepackaged vegetarian meals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Kiedis and Leona Lewis, congratulations sexy veggies! Each year, PETA holds\u00a0a contest for the sexiest male and female vegetarians, and you can vote!\u00a0 This year&#8217;s results are in, so if you missed out, make sure you join in the fun next year!\u00a0 http:\/\/www.peta.org\/feat_sexiest_vegetarians_alive.asp Here is the full article from PETA: Leona Lewis and Anthony Kiedis Voted World&#8217;s Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrities of 2008 The votes have been counted, and the results are in. It&#8217;s official\u2014pop princess Leona Lewis and red hot chili pepper Anthony Kiedis are the sexiest vegetarian celebrities alive! Kiedis recently went vegan after learning about the worldwide depletion of fish in the oceans and after a doctor recommended a healthy vegan diet for his son. &#8220;Soon after I [went vegan] I saw some documentary footage of what happens in the factory farming of cows \u2026. 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