Beauty queen Sandra Seifert urges Pinoys to go vegetarian

As the latest spokesperson for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), beauty queen and model Sandra Seifert urged fellow Pinoys to go vegetarian.

"Killing animals for food is cruel, and it's also killing our planet," Seifert, a runner-up at the 2009 Miss Earth pageant, said in an emailed statement on Monday.

"With so many delicious meat-free foods available these days and so many compelling reasons not to eat meat—to improve your health, to help stop animal suffering, and to fight back against pollution and greenhouse-gas emissions—there's never been a better time to go vegetarian!" the 30-year-old opined.

In 2012, PETA named Seifert the Philippines' sexiest vegetarian celebrity.

Seifert posed nude on PETA's latest ad with the message, “Our bodies are temples. Go Vegetarian.”

Seifert joins the list of local personalities advocating vegetarianism, which includes Geneva Cruz, Alicia Mayer, Amanda Griffin-Jacob, Lougee Basabas, Nityalila Saulo and Cynthia Alexander. — Rouchelle R. Dinglasan/BM, GMA News