Albuquerque Woman Is a Finalist in PETA’s ‘Sexiest Vegan Over 50’ Contest

Animal Advocate Battles It Out to Take Home Top Honors—and a Free Adventure Through India

For Immediate Release:
October 4, 2018

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David Perle 202-483-7382

PETA Prime is preparing to crown this year’s Sexiest Vegans Over 50—and Albuquerque resident Vicki Garay is vying for the women’s title. She beat out entrants from across the country to advance to the final round of six contestants. Visitors to PETA Prime’s website can now help the group select the lucky winners (one man and one woman), who will each receive an eight-day adventure through northern India, courtesy of VegVoyages—Vegan Adventure Tours.

Garay, a mother of three, describes going vegan three years ago as the easiest decision she’s ever made, because, as she says, the “killing of animals doesn’t resonate with my soul.” When she’s not enjoying her favorite vegan food—a breakfast burrito smothered in New Mexico red chili sauce—she can be found doing hot yoga or volunteering at a local animal sanctuary. She even successfully encouraged her boyfriend to go vegan, and now she says that she could never date a meat-eater again.

“Vicki Garay is living proof that a clear conscience and a huge heart are the secret ingredients to sexiness,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “Each of the finalists in PETA Prime’s Sexiest Vegan Over 50 contest is a testament to how attractive vegans of all ages are, inside and out.”

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat”—notes that in addition to saving nearly 200 animals every year from daily suffering and a terrifying death, people who go vegan are less prone to suffering from heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and obesity than meat-eaters are.

Voting for the finalists to help PETA Prime determine which ones it should select as the winners ends on October 16. The group will choose the winners based on several factors, including vote count. See the full contest details here. Winners will be notified and announced on October 22.

For more information, please visit Prime.PETA.org.