Makeup Artist and Model Credits Her Meat-Free Diet With Giving Her Health and Energy
For Immediate Release:
May 4, 2012
Contact:
David Perle 202-483-7382
Greenville, S.C. — The competition to be named PETA's Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door is heating up, and Greenville resident Erika Galeano just may take home the grand prize. She has beaten out hundreds of other entrants from across the U.S. to become one of 10 female contestants to advance to the final round in PETA's contest. Two lucky winners (one female and one male) will each receive a free trip to Hawaii, courtesy of the PETA Member Advantage Program.
"On average, vegetarians are slimmer and healthier than meat-eaters are—and they save more than 100 animals a year from the violence of factory farms, slaughterhouses, and fishing nets," says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. "One look at our radiant finalists proves that there's nothing sexier than kindness."
Galeano went vegetarian 16 years ago after seeing a slaughterhouse-bound truck packed so tightly with chickens that many had bleeding and broken wings. She credits her kind and healthy diet with giving her more energy. And she has company now: Her friend went vegetarian after Galeano showed her PETA's hard-hitting video "Meet Your Meat," which exposes the abuse of animals on factory farms. Galeano works as a makeup artist and an educator for a beauty company, is working on her business degree, and is a model. Her hobbies include working out, salsa dancing, and bird-watching, and her turn-ons are animal lovers, confidence, compassion, and a hard body.
To see photos of Galeano and the other sexy vegetarian finalists, please click here. The voting—which can be done on PETA's website and by texting—ends on May 14, and the two winners will be announced on May 21.
For more information and to vote in the contest, please visit PETA.org or click here.
Three factors will be considered when PETA chooses the winners: the number of votes received from the public, the enthusiasm demonstrated by the entrants in living and promoting a vegetarian lifestyle, and PETA's assessment of the entrants' attractiveness.