Pamela Anderson hasn’t won any Academy Awards for her acting, but its hard to find many celebrities more worthy of an award for their offstage actions.  Pam became a vegetarian in her teens, when she saw her father cleaning an animal he had hunted.

Ever since, she has been a proud participant of several PETA campaigns, protesting against fur and KFC cruelty.  A native of Canada, she also campaigned against seal hunting in her home country.

She also has been a spokesperson for AIDS and HIV research.  And most recently she became a celebrity spokesperson for the American Liver Foundation.

So from her sexy good looks to her strong history of charitable work, its hard for vegetarians not to love Pam Anderson!

To quote Borat: “Pamela, I am no longer attracted to you… NOT!”

Keep up the good work, Pam!

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6. Peta announces their 2008′s sexiest vegetarians:

The sexiest vegetarians according to PETA crowned here, are Alyssa Milano of the TV show Charmed and rocker Frankie Iero. Coming in a close second are the Hush Sound’s easy-on-the-eyes Greta Salpeter and a TV star-turned-rocker, Jared Leto (30 Seconds To Mars).

5.  Heather Mills donates $1M USD of vegan food to Bronx children

While I’ve heard some remember her less favorably as the evil witch who broke up with Paul McCartney, it seems hard for me not to admire this Brit’s do-gooder streak.  Ms. Mills earned some vegan brownie points when she donated $1M USD in vegan food to children in the Bronx section of New York City. Officials say she donated to the region as it had “the city’s highest child obesity and asthma rates”.  Ms. Mills was honored by Congress for her achievements.

4.  Researchers step closer to growing cruelty-free meat

While it might not be for some vegetarians, for some former carnivores who went vegetarian, the opportunity to bite into a chicken wing with cruelty or murder might seem an attractive dream.  Those dreams inched closer to reality as vegetarian doctoral student Jason Matheny from the University of Maryland, developed a new way to grow animal cells in a nutrient bath to create cruelty-free synthetic meat.  The scientist is currently working on perfecting his process, something he hopes will allow the entire world to go vegetarian without as much as a diet change.

3.  Oprah Winfrey goes vegan for 21 days.

Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey made waves when she went vegan in May.  She blogged about her experience, stating, “How can you say you’re trying to spiritually evolve, without even a thought about what happens to the animals whose lives are sacrificed in the name of gluttony?”

She reports finding the vegan diet very satisfying.  While there’s no news on whether she stuck to the diet, it seems unlikely that she’ll be eating quite as many hamburgers in the near future.

2.  UN official calls on world’s citizens to stop eating meat to fight global warming

Rajendra Pachauri, head of the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, has won a Nobel prize for his work on global warming.  He caused a stir this year by calling on citizens in the U.S. and abroad to eat less meat, saying it is the most effective way to combat global warming.

1. Vegetarian Athletes Score Big In 2008

Kansas City Chiefs Tony Gonzalez, was afraid his red-meat laden diet might be literally the death of him, so he went public with a decision that shocked many — he was going vegan.  The top paid NFL tight-end, who continues to set records showed that meat is by no means necessary to athletic performance, delivering 9 touchdowns and 1000 yards.

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No doubt the t-shirt statement was a direct hit to Tony’s previous lady friend Carrie Underwood, who is a die hard vegetarian. PETA (people for the ethical treatment of animals) has put their two cents in the matter, blasting Jessica for wearing the anti-vegetarian tee.

Jessica Simpson’s meaty wardrobe malfunction makes us thankful that no one is looking to her for food advice. Chicken of the sea anyone? The woman who thought that Buffalo ‘Wings’ came from buffalos would benefit from some good veggie brain food.

I think it is obvious Jessica Simpson wanted some media attention, and boy did she get it. She may or may not have known wearing the (now infamouse) tee would have caused such a media frenzy, but it did. My response is “Real Girls Eat Tofu”. Take that Jessica! (hehe)

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I found a really neat video on VegFamily (that peepchick created) and it is a montage of vegans past and present. On it were several African American vegan celebrities, including Dr Dre, Brandy, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, rapper Andre, and purple bad arse himself Prince.

The video also has music by one of my faves, Johnny Mayer, can’t wait to see John in concert. Do watch the video, and see how many faces you recognize. As i watched it, there were a few notables i did not know were veg, such as Jerry Seinfeld. See how many you can pick out.

There are many more black vegheads than what is profiled in the video above, feel free to point out additional African American vegan and vegetarians below in the comments section. Thanxs!

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