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The contest started in 2001 with just a female vegetarian picked, but in 2002, PETA added a male recipient. Throughout the years, a mixture of actors and musicians have picked up the award but in 2003, George W. Bush’s niece, Lauren Bush, was one of the first non-celebs to win. The reasons why these celebrities gave up meat varies. Some of them watched an eye-opening documentary and then changed their mind, others realized a healthier lifestyle made their skin look better, and a couple of them decided from a young age it was the moral path to take.
1. JARED LETO – Actor, singer, songwriter, and director
One compliment last year’s Oscar winner continually receives is that he looks ten years younger than he is, which could very easily be attributed to his 20 years of vegetarianism. He started out as a vegetarian but then upgraded to veganism a few years later, after hearing about pus in dairy products.
