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Today I want to let you in on a few little known but interesting fun facts about the sexy mystery lady over 70. Read on for more on Mimi.

1. Her birthday is next month, yep she turns 71. Wanna get her a gift? Bookmark September 23rd on your calendar.

2. She eats a mostly “raw foods” diet, as it helps her with keeping arthritis at bay.

3. She has owned and sold several spa and health food companies, one as early as last year.

4. She has four kids and seven grand kids.

5. Mimi has beautiful long blonde hair.

6. She has an account on and is quite popular with Facebook, and coincidentally it was via this social media site that she won the coveted PETA title. As she relied and called upon her fans to vote her up.

7. She’s a Democart. I mean democrat. Woohoo!!!

8. She’s a big fan of farmers’ markets. And practices qui-jong. (not sure what that is, but sounds interesting)

9. She’s a grad of Hollywood Senior High. (circa 1956)

10. She’s 70. C’mon is there anything MORE interesting than that? I don’t think so.

10 Fun Facts About Mimi Kirk, PETA's Sexiest Vegetarian Over 50 is from groovy vegetarian

Wow! She looks fantastic. Her name is Mimi Kirk and she hails from Ramona, California. As for how it all happened, essentially Mimi was on Facebook when she read about the annual over 50 vegetarian PETA contest and decided to enter, she had no idea she would become so popular and that droves upon droves of fans from all over the world would vote for her. She ended up taking home first prize. Top honors.

You have to watch the video below and see for yourself how amazing Mimi Kirk looks. Mimi credits her longevity, good looks and zeal to her vegetarianism of 30 some years. She also is a big fan of raw foods.

There’s no denying she looks awesome, but there might be some debate over her age. She truly DOES NOT look a day past 45.

Wow!!!

70 is the new 40.

via KUSI News

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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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To easily add everyone on the list, scroll down and use Twitterator. This is a free tool for mass adding peeps via a copy and paste function. And if you find the list useful – be sure to tweet or write about it on your blog.

Groovy Vegetarian @m38967

Vegetarian Star (veg celebrity gossip) @vegetarianstar

Veg Daily @vegdaily

Vegan Fusion (author of the complete idiots guide to eating raw) @veganfusion

Savvy Vegetarian @savvyveg

No Meat Athlete @nomeatathlete

Chicago Soy Dairy @chicagosoydairy

Vegetarian Organic Blog @amiraelgan

Victor Kareh – (latin vegetarian recipes blogger) @vkareh

Melissa Gion – (awesome vegetarian twitterer) @mgonyeo

Kelly Twomey – (cute vegan shop in Canada) @veganslovelava

Vegan Break @veganbreak

HSUS (humane society of the us) @humanesociety

The Traveling Vegetarian @travelingveg

Go Veg @goveg

Official PETA @officialpeta

PETA2 (peta for kids) @peta2

Happy Cow (vegetarian directory) nope – not on twitter – shame shame @happycow

Super Vegan @supervegan

Fat Free Vegan @susanffvk

Vegetarian Society @vegsoc

Vegan Boy – (vegan twitterer) @veganboy

Try Veg @tryveg

Vegan Mama Dot Com @veganmamadotcom

Reluctant Veggie @reluctantveggie

Veggie Tweets @veggietweets

Elisa C – vegetarian blogger (and co-founder of Blog Her) @elisac

21st Century Vegetarians @marthatheus

Maria Laino (vegetarian blogger) @marialaino

VegTV @vegtv

Vegan Bliss @veganbliss

Vegan Man @veganman

If you want to be added to the list, leave a comment below with your @username. I will update the list below weekly with the new suggestions.

From now on i will be referring to this list for follow friday, as i think listing every person individually on Twitter, is kind of annoying. Plus as you can see the list is quite long.

Not on Twitter, yet? Grab a copy of my awesome twitter guide…a beginner’s guide.

P.S. To follow everyone on the list, copy and paste the usernames below, and add them to Twitterator.

@m38967

@vegetarianstar

@vegdaily

@amiraelgan

@vkareh

@mgonyeo

@veganbreak

@veganfusion

@humanesociety

@goveg

@officialpeta

@peta2

@supervegan

@susanffvk

@vegsoc

@veganboy

@tryveg

@veganmamadotcom

@reluctantveggie

@veggietweets

@elisac

@marthatheus

@marialaino

@vegtv

@veganbliss

@veganman

4/11/2009 UPDATES:

@isachandra

@vegimentary

@bowlofplenty

@gonepie

@earthtophilly

@whatdoveganseat

@rebos2003

@howunremarkable

@lindsaycb

@travelingveg

4/17/2009 UPDATES

@vegiegail

@shanonaryder

@chicagosoydairy

@brooklynvegan

@savvyveg

4/24/2009 UPDATES

@vegateam

@veganb12

@nomeatathlete

@tantina

@vgchefyoliouiya

5/8/09 Updates

@livingwithoutmeat

5/29/09 Updates

@veganslovelava

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I couldn’t believe it. I am in total shock. This woman is the most ardent animal lover i know – a true fighter for animals everywhere. She is 100% vegan and i cant imagine her eating meat, let along a whopper from of all places – Burger King?

So sad. To read all the details on Ingrid Newkirk (and The Whopper) read the New York Times article.

Thoughts? Comments? Rants?

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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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Hug A Vegetarian day is brought to you by the omni-present guys and gals of PETA. They seem to have a series of days for us non-meat eaters, they really know how to shower us with Holidays. LoL.

Be sure to give all your vegetarian friends, family members, co-workers, neighbors, church mates, (and others) a big fat hug. And if they are far and away, send them an e-hug.

Like the button banner magnet above? Feel free to add the button banner to your site, blog, or Myspace page. Go to my image hosting site and download the code. There are other banners and signs to choose from, take a look at the gallery for more. Need help? Just shoot me an email.

Have a great weekend. See you next week. Hugs.

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PETA2 is giving away 5 free animal rights t shirts to 3 lucky winners. Each winner will receive all 5 t shirts. Pretty freakin cool. To enter to win, just head on over to the blog, and leave a comment. Specify which is your fave shirt and leave your shirt size. That’s it. Oh! and deadline to enter is October 3rd.

By they way, if you’re not following PETA2 on Twitter, you should add them. Twitter usually updates faster than RSS feeds, and when PETA2 updates their blog, you get instant notice. (usually) This Friday they are having a fabulous giveaway.

CONTEST COMING TO GROOVY VEG

I will be holding my own fantastic vegetarian t shirt giveaway in the next week or two. Code-Creations, an organic cotton tshirt maker, that designs vegetarian themed t-shirts has signed on to sponsor the contest. Kudos to Amber for the good word.

Stay tuned next week and be sure you’re an RSS feed subscriber (or email subscriber) so you don’t miss out.

Have a great weekend. Missy.

PETA2 T Shirt Giveaway, 5 Animal Rights Tees is from groovy vegetarian

vegetarian starter kit

Not sure how to get started, or what recipes to use. One great guide for new vegetarians is the vegetarian starter kit. I requested one back in February 2007, when i was wanting more information on the plant-based diet. It comes in the mail in a few weeks, and is loaded with tips on how to start.

The free kit includes healthy recipes and low fat recipes all made using no meat. Vegetarians are some of the most savvy food people in the world, as they need to truly study ingredients and be crafty with their vegetarian meals. You too will soon become a savvy food planner and eater.

The kit contains nutrition information, resource links, a few pages dedicated to animal cruelty issues, and loads more. It isn’t meant to convert anyone, is sent by request only, and is completely free.

To request your free vegetarian starter kit from Go Veg, fill out their simple form.

***I have to give a shout out to Patricia from Project Organic Eating, for reminding me of this great vegetarian freebie!

Grab Your Free Vegetarian Starter Kit Today! is from groovy vegetarian