The Race Is On as 20-Year-Old Beats Out More Than 1,200 Contenders
For Immediate Release:
May 20, 2011
Contact:
Robbyn Brooks 202-483-7382
Lillington, N.C. — What does 20-year-old Lillington resident Christy Hall have in common with actor Olivia Wilde? Wilde was a winner of PETA's Sexiest Vegetarian Alive contest, and Hall is one of the female finalists in the spin-off Cutest Vegetarian Alive contest sponsored by peta2, PETA's youth division. Smith beat out more than 1,200 contestants from across the U.S. Supporters can check out finalists by visiting peta2.com and can click here to find out how to vote via text message to help peta2 select the winners. Two winners (one male and one female) will be announced on June 6, and each will win a professional photo shoot and star in a peta2 ad.
"More and more Americans are going vegetarian every day, and young people are leading the charge," says peta2 Division Manager Marta Holmberg. "It's no wonder: On average, vegetarians are slimmer, trimmer, and generally healthier than meat-eaters, so they're bound to be a lot cuter too!"
Hall, who's just finishing her sophomore year of college at Campbell University, went vegetarian at age 14 after viewing undercover footage taken at a KFC supplier's slaughterhouse. A few years later, after making the connection between the dairy and veal industries, she decided to embrace a fully vegan diet. She started Campbell's student group Students Promoting Animal Rights, which distributes information on animal issues to students on campus and protests circuses that abuse wild animals. Hall loves Italian food and chocolate—and, thanks to her conversations with store management, she can now find many vegan food options at her local Food Lion.
To view photos and bios of all the finalists and to vote in the contest to help peta2 decide the winners, please click here. To vote for Hall, text "Christy" to 73822.
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