Cutest vegetarian alive? He's a CU student, PETA says
By Bill Scanlon, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Originally published 01:09 p.m., April 28, 2008
Updated 01:26 p.m., April 28, 2008
Leonard Sun
Kelly Anderson
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BOULDER — A 19-year-old Coloradan who says "meat is gross and unhealthy," has been named the cutest vegetarian alive, male division, by the animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Leonard Sun, 19, a student at the University of Colorado at Boulder, says he likes to buy organic and fair-trade products, likes his pants tight, his shades big and his headphones even bigger, according to PETA's web site.
Sun said he went vegetarian three years ago because "it's not fair to eat animals just because we can."
More than 3,500 people vied for the prize, including 1,700 males, said Eva Vieyra-McDaniel of PETA2, the youth division of PETA.
PETA claims that each vegetarian saves 100 animals' lives each year.
"I got kind of sick of eating meat" about three years ago, Sun said. "I felt really bad for the animal, seeing what they had to go through when you watch the videos. I felt kind of guilty."
Sun, a film studies major, said he feels better and has more energy now.
He gets his protein from soy products, nuts and whole grain.
Sun will receive an official "Cutest Vegetarian Alive" sash, a package of vegan goodies, and the chance to model a peta2 T-shirt on peta2.com.
The female winner is Kelly Anderson, 18, of San Antonio, who went vegetarian after doing a high school paper on animal rights. Now, she's a full-fledged vegan, say PETA officials.
Her dream is to change how people look at animals, through photographs.
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Posted by SASQUATCH on April 28, 2008 at 1:20 p.m.
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Posted by MissSio on April 28, 2008 at 1:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I had to read the article to find out that this was the male winner. I thought he was a she when I saw the pictures.
No Sasquatch, it's a pre-existing condition of which being vegan is a symptom... I believe it's called emo these days, back in they day we'd just call them pansies. Being vegan won't make you a pansy, being a pansy will make you into a vegan. LOL!
Posted by huffdiver on April 28, 2008 at 1:30 p.m.
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Posted by nativegirl on April 28, 2008 at 1:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)
My idea of a man & PETA's is COMPLETELY different.
oy-vey!
Posted by Gene on April 28, 2008 at 1:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)
How would you like to be a vegetable and get eaten by these mean people . . . "it's not fair to eat vegetables just because we can."
Posted by nonayerbsns on April 28, 2008 at 1:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Well, if'n I had to vote for the cutest vegetarian male alive, I'd be torn between the 2 grown sons of a friend of mine. One is the spitting image of eminem and the other could be keifer sutherland's young brother. I have to admit, this kid (above) looks kind of effeminate. But, cute. Yes, definitely cute.
Posted by nonayerbsns on April 28, 2008 at 1:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The young lady is also 'cute' but not what I'd have picked for the cutest young vegetarian. Clearly, they haven't been to some of the parties I have had the pleasure of attending. Oh, the choices are endless. The memories priceless....
Posted by CaptainObvious on April 28, 2008 at 1:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Asinine food terrorists. Why are they still news?
Posted by RickyLee on April 28, 2008 at 2:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Makes me want a big bloody piece of PRIME RIB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by BrandiWine_84 on April 28, 2008 at 2:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)
sometimes people are threatened by others' decisions, when they are so extreme and different from their own, especially when they know deep down that these decisions are the soundest for the survivial of the individual and the planet. That's when they will do things like make fun of appearance or physical build. How sad.
I personally think these two are sexy, regardless of what they look like or what they're wearing, simply because a diet high in meat and animal products links to a gazillion health problems, including such unsexy maladies as obesity, halitosis, impotence, increased mucus production, etcetera. These two don't have to worry about developing these or any ailments through their food intake, which I think is pretty hot.
Posted by timeandagain on April 28, 2008 at 2:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Pictures of these two are the perfect agruments IN FAVOR of eating meat...
Posted by mytwosense on April 28, 2008 at 2:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Well, as a vegetarian, I've met some mighty fine veggie guys in my day. That being said, Mr. Sun's appeal is more for the teens who embrace the "emo" look, who this contest was actually geared towards.
Posted by bookwerm on April 28, 2008 at 2:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Animals have legs and at least have the potential to run away. Vegetable have no chance, and these eaters show no mercy! Just look at those pics.
Vegetables aren't food. Vegetables are what food EATS!
Really tho, the sane path for most is something less than what we do now (feedlot fed cattle, factory farms), and what these folks want... An old fashioned farm, either organic or fair practices, with humane treatment, that I am ok with.. but this packed tight, stuff them with food they aren't designed to eat (ie corn), that needs to change. Not so broke, so we buy grass fed beef or buffalo, free range chicken, or at least natural with access to outside, same for eggs.. a fair compromise?
Posted by pwern on April 28, 2008 at 2:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)
And liberal guys wonder why they have such a hard time getting chicks.
Posted by PMSXpress on April 28, 2008 at 3:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Beauty (or "cuteness") is in the eye of the beholder. Especially when the target audience is 17 or so... 'Nuff said.
Posted by MrCrush on April 28, 2008 at 3:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I admire his (her) veggieness. Too bad his so-called new lifestyle didn't kick in before he mutilated an animal - himself... in the lip. But, somehow I expect that is okay with the PETA terrorists.
Posted by Shaupeen on April 28, 2008 at 3:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)
BrandiWine wrote:
"especially when they know deep down that these decisions are the soundest for the survivial of the individual and the planet."
Yeah. Right. Brandi, PETA is asking you to eat the greens, not smoke the greens. The biggest decision I have to make today is what red wine to have with my rib-eye tonight. Yes, that's right, I'm eating beef. It's what's soundest[sic] for my survival. Enjoy your hunger pains.
Posted by MrCrush on April 28, 2008 at 3:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)
BrandiWine_84:
My goodness girl, give your soy beans a rest. I'll decide what's best for my body, not the PETA nazis and certainly not my government.
Posted by JTTAAB on April 28, 2008 at 3:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)
How many vegtables had to die for your stupid salad
Posted by tchoupitoulas on April 28, 2008 at 4 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Can't we all just get along?
Picture it with me....all of us sitting around the dinner table, drinking a glass of pesticide free wine and clean,non-toxic water...passing the Turducken to our meat eating friends and the Tofurkey to our vegetarian comrades? We could even share the baked potatoes folks. DREAM WITH ME!! Everyone raise your fork!
Posted by Diff on April 28, 2008 at 4:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)
NUT jobs - one and ALL.
real men eat dead cows!
Posted by bthye on April 28, 2008 at 4:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Am I mistaken, or is Leonard wearing a parts diagram for some kind of gun? He must be wearing it for the irony - guns don't seem to jive with PETA's view of the world.
Posted by TIMMAH on April 28, 2008 at 5:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I like my pants not tight, and my steak rare. This guy is clearly a emotional doosh and if PETA thinks he is the cutest, then I lost the small amount of respect I had for that organization.
Hey Mr. Sun, for every animal you don't eat, I will eat three!
Posted by SASQUATCH on April 28, 2008 at 7:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)
If you seek perfection with this...http://www.websters-online-dic... you need to eat meat.
Posted by happymike44 on April 28, 2008 at 9:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)
yummy yummy yummy I have chicken,beef and pork in my tummy.If they didn't taste so good I wouldn't eat them.I grew up on a farm and believe me if you wanted to eat.The animals were there for just that purpose.Also they sure do taste good all cooked up and sizzling hot.mmm-mmm=mmm=good.I always feel better after a big hunk of freashly cooked meat.Beside did you ever see a vegan wolf?I sure could go for a big mac right about now
Posted by BrandiWine_84 on April 28, 2008 at 10:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)
reading these ridiculous responses just adds support to my beliefs. Thanks all! Bon appetit!
Posted by lazier51 on April 29, 2008 at 3:58 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Are they sure that this dude is really a dude? BTW, MissSio, he is not a pansy, just masculinely challenged, (said with a lisp).
It really bugs me that these people won't eat meat b/c it hurts the animal. Well, maybe they should also stop wearing leather shoes and driving cars as these are just two of many things in this world that use animal by-products. They must be just as dead to be used here as well.
Also, if veg heads don't eat meat, why do they try to make it look and taste like it? Oh well, off to go grill up some very tasty dead animal! Mmmmmmm, steak...
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