Last year, surfers could not stop saying, “Oh, what a babe!” to Yana Gupta, and for the second time running, Big B showed that he still rules Bollywood in PETA’s “Hottest Vegetarian Alive” Contest. It is that time of year again, where you learn just how vegetarianism has officially taken root in Bollywood and in Hollywood. It is no easy task to narrow the list of vegetarian delights to just one vegetarian heer or ranjha—after all, what is sexier than someone who exudes both passion and compassion? So we are asking you to decide in PETA’s third annual “Who Is the Hottest Vegetarian Alive?” poll.

Bollywood hotties Shahid Kapur and Amrita Rao, “Lettuce Lady” Aditi Govitrikar, actor Pamela Anderson, veteran actors Dev Anand and Mandira Bedi and newcomer Simpoo, Channel [V] mascot, are among the more than 70 sizzling celebs vying for this year’s titles. They cite many reasons for forgoing flesh foods, from avoiding the cruelty to animals inherent in meat production to improving their health and helping the environment.

Cast your vote today for the hottest vegetarians, and stay tuned for the winners!

PETA’s nominees for the 2004 “Hottest Vegetarian Alive” poll follow.

   
  Aditi Govitrikar (actor)   Abdul Kalam (president of India)
  Alicia Silverstone (actor)   Alec Baldwin (actor)
  Amala Akkineni (actor)   Amar Deb (head of Channel [V])
  Amrita Rao (actor)   Amitabh Bachchan (actor)
  Annie Lennox (musician)   Anil Ambani (industrialist)
  Archana Puran Singh (actor)   Anil Kumble (athlete)
  Avanti Birla (interior designer)   Boy George (musician)
  Avril Lavigne (musician)   Bryan Adams (musician)
  Brigitte Bardot (actor/activist)   Carl Lewis (athlete)
  Chelsea Clinton (former US first daughter)   Casey Affleck (actor)
  Daryl Hannah (actor)   David Duchovny (actor)
  Erykah Badu (musician)   Dev Anand (actor)
  Esha Deol (actor)   Feroze Varun Gandhi (politician)
  Hema Malini (actor)   Greg Chappell (athlete)
  Juhi Chawla (actor)   Harsha Bhogle (cricket commentator)
  Kim Basinger (actor)   Hemant Trevedi (designer)
  Lauren Bush (model)   Jatin Kampani (photographer)
  Mahima Chaudhary (actor)   Joaquin Phoenix (actor)
  Mandira Bedi (actor)   Josh Hartnett (actor)
  Manpreet Brar (model)   Luke Kenny (VJ)
  Mel C (musician)   Mahesh Bhatt (director)
  Natalie Imbruglia (musician)   Milind Soman (actor)
  Natalie Portman (actor)   Moby (musician)
  Pamela Anderson (actor)   Orlando Bloom (actor)
  Priya Gill (actor)   Rajneesh Duggal (model)
  Rajlaxmi Khanvilkar (model)   R Madhavan (actor)
  Ruby Bhatia (VJ)   Shahid Kapur (actor)
  Shania Twain (musician)   Simpoo ("professor")
  Shonali Nagrani (model)   Sir Paul McCartney (musician)
  Simone Singh (actor)   Tobey Maguire (actor)
  Stella McCartney (fashion designer)   "Weird Al" Yankovic (musician)
  Toni Collette (actor)   Yash Birla (industrialist)
  Victoria beckham (musician)    
  Yana Gupta (model)