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23 of the hottest vegetarian celebrities
Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY

23 of the hottest vegetarian celebrities

There are plenty of reasons why people travel the vegetarian path in life. Some even take the vegan route. Whether it’s for health reasons or they just love animals too much to ever have them as part of their everyday diet, it’s a choice that many famous faces have also made. So it’s time to look at the hottest vegetarian celebrities, from lifetime animal rights activists to those who followed doctor’s orders.

 
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Pamela Anderson

Pamela Anderson
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There are a few things everyone who’s anyone knows about Pamela Anderson, and one of those is that she is a diehard animal rights activist who has worked alongside PETA for the majority of her career.

 
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Tobey Maguire

Tobey Maguire
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This Spider-Man star decided to stop eating meat when he was just a teen, but in the 2000s went full vegan.

 
Taraji P. Henson
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Taraji P. Henson may’ve starred in Hidden Figures, but she hasn’t kept her eating habits under wraps. She has been open about becoming a vegan due to health concerns.

 
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Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt
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Brad Pitt introduced a plant-based diet into his life, not because he wanted to be named the Sexiest Man Alive (again), but for environmental reasons.

 
Jessica Chastain
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It was the year Johnny Depp tried to be Willy Wonka, The Office got started, and actress Jessica Chastain went from vegetarian to full-blown vegan.

 
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Will.i.am

Will.i.am
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Black Eyed Peas' Will.i.am once told The Sunday Times that he was "violently vegan." Not sure what that means, but it can only mean he's wildly serious about it.

 
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Kate Mara

Kate Mara
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Kate Mara told Shape that Kimberly Snyder's The Beauty Detox Solution helped her realize the health benefits of veganism.

 
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Elliot Page

Elliot Page
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Elliot Page has been vegan for much of his career and was even named the "World's Sexiest Vegan" in 2014 by PETA.

 
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Venus Williams

Venus Williams
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After being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, tennis great Venus Williams decided that a raw vegan diet was an avenue she needed to explore.

 
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Milo Ventimiglia

Milo Ventimiglia
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This Is Us star Milo Ventimiglia grew up in a meat-free home and continued to live that way after he branched out on his own.

 
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Shania Twain

Shania Twain
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Those wondering why and how country superstar Shania Twain appears to have not aged since the '90s, she swears it's because of her no-meat ways. She also avoids junk food. So there's that as well.

 
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Theo Rossi

Theo Rossi
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Sons of Anarchy's Theo Rossi didn't hop on any current trends because he's been vegan since the late '90s.

 
Alicia Silverstone
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Alicia Silverstone eating meat? As if!

 
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Ricky Martin

Ricky Martin
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Ricky Martin decided to ditch meat back in 2013, and it looks like veggies are doing him just fine.

 
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Zendaya

Zendaya
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Zendaya has actually been vegetarian longer than she's been an actor. She chose that lifestyle at 11 and got her first big break four years later on Disney's Shake It Up.

 
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Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix
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Joaquin Phoenix is one of the most passionate people in Hollywood, often using his platform to speak up about the things that matter most to him. That includes animal rights.

 
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Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande
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Vocal dynamo Ariana Grande once told Mirror, "I love animals more than I love most people." Same, girl, same.

 
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Lenny Kravitz

Lenny Kravitz
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For some reason, it'd be more surprising if Lenny Kravitz wasn't a vegan, right?

 
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Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman
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Natalie Portman stopped eating meat as a kid but, after reading Eating Animals, decided that veganism was the move she had to make.

 
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Jason Mraz

Jason Mraz
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Of course, the guy who has a whole avocado farm doesn't eat meat.

 
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Lizzo

Lizzo
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Lizzo went several years without meat before deciding that veganism was going to make her feel good as hell.

 
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Jared Leto

Jared Leto
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Jared Leto's diet has been pretty much meat- and animal-product-free for over two decades.

 
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Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet
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The Titanic star didn't just change her diet; she decided to take on the meat industry and its impact on the planet with the documentary, Eating Our Way To Extinction.

Kendra Beltran went to college with no game plan and found herself falling back on her love of writing soon after graduating all the way back in 2009. Since then, she's written for MTV Geek, Cosplay Central, Collider, Apartment Therapy, and many other sites that allowed her to showcase her love of all things pop culture. When she isn't writing, Kendra is either hosting her show, Crushgasm, baking all the cookies, or spoiling her fur baby, Mason.

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