Announcing PETA's Sexiest Vegetarian Soldiers!

| PETA 11/28/18, 9:49 AM

Announcing PETA’s Sexiest Vegetarian

Soldiers!
Written by PETA | December 11, 2008

When we first announced our plan to find the “Sexiest Vegetarian Soldier,” we meant to end up
with just one winner. But how could we come up with just one winner when there are five
branches of the military that are equally deserving—and equally sexy?

That’s why we’ve selected one winner each from the Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Marines, and Air
Force. Of course, we did promise to find the single Sexiest Vegetarian Soldier, so, as much as it
pains us, we did have to choose one overall winner—and here he is!

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Overall Winner: Erich Allen, Warrant Officer Class 1, representing the U.S. Army

Syracuse-born Erich Allen joined the Army in 2001 and is currently stationed in Fort Rucker,
Alabama, where he is attending flight school and earning his degree in History from Columbia
College of Missouri. And where does this busy soldier find all his energy? From his vegetarian
diet!

“Since I stopped eating meat, I have noticed an increase in my energy and I am able to better
control my weight,” Erich says. And as for anyone who hasn’t yet figured out that the strongest
animals on the planet—stallions, elephants, and bulls—are vegetarian, Erich is glad to serve as
evidence of the human species’ prowess!

And not only is Erich “Army strong,” he’s also compassionate—his own doggie companion,
Vienna, was a stray whom Erich took in and made part of the family. Put that together with his
ability to speak German and some Russian as well as his love of the “great outdoors,” and
you’ve got somebody who’s strong, sweet, smart, and sporty—now that’s sexy!

But wait—there’s more! Check out the winners from the other branches of the military:

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Katie Adams, Petty Officer Third Class, representing the U.S. Coast Guard

Lovely Katie, pictured here, is stationed in Barnegat Light, New Jersey. She has been a
vegetarian ever since she watched a documentary on, as she says, “how they torture animals”
before killing them for human consumption, and it made her “totally disgusted.” On the other
hand, she thinks that being a vegetarian “is the sexiest thing ever besides fighting for our
country.”

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Bob Lucius, Lieutenant Colonel, representing the U.S. Marine Corps

Bob, who is currently assigned as the Assistant Provost and Dean of Students for the Defense
Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) in Monterey, California, recently returned
from a three-year assignment as the Naval and Marine Attaché in Hanoi, Vietnam. He has been
a vegetarian ever since the life-changing experience of seeing a dog slaughtered for food in a
Vietnamese café and now volunteers at the Monterey County SPCA. He was also active in
advocating for California’s Proposition 2.

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Jane Taylor, Lieutenant, representing the U.S. Navy

Jane had been stationed in California, Washington state, and Hawaii before resigning her
commission as a Naval Officer in September 2008 to pursue a career in animal rescue—and not
just any career! Jane has since set sail on the Steve Irwin as part of the Sea Shepherd
Conservation Society. That’s right, Sea Shepherd—the same rockin’ folks we all love watching
on Whale Wars! Now that’s sexy—a 13-year-vegetarian who uses her abilities to go out and
actively, physically save those whales.

Gina Lewis, Second Lieutenant, representing the U.S. Air

Force

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Gina, who is stationed in Hurlburt Field, Florida, has been a vegetarian since the age of six—
that’s right, six—when she realized that Bambi and his mother were no different from the other
animals killed for food. Even though many people told her that she wouldn’t be able to maintain
her vegetarian lifestyle in the military, Gina not only graduated from boot camp as a
Distinguished Honor Graduate—because of her high fitness scores—but also went on to
complete four marathons! She is the guardian of two animals (both rescues), has rescued
animals at every duty assignment, and hopes to convince the Air Force to switch to leather-free
combat boots. And if that weren’t enough, she’s also a former model—how could anyone argue
with this kind of sexy?

Congratulations to our five sexy winners! They will each receive a basket of yummy vegan
goodies, as well as a PETA T-shirt—so, ya know, the next time someone dares to doubt their
vegetarian sexiness, they’ll be able to say, “See this T-shirt? I happen to be the sexiest
vegetarian in the whole [insert military branch]. So there!”

Written by Amanda Schinke

Commenting is closed.
strawberryriddick | March 13, 2010 at 3:07 PM
I am a vegan Marine Corps veteran and while I don’t agree with all the stuff PETA does I do think
this is a fabulous way to show that you CAN be veggie in the military and that we military folk
aren’t just mindless killers.
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Marie | January 14, 2009 at 5:12 PM

Congrats to all the winners representing their healthy minds and bodies!! Especially Erich!! Way
to represent the warrants! And to think I thought I was the only vegetarian at Rucker!
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james | January 2, 2009 at 10:39 PM

lovely…amazing….the whole thought of such tough people…having a vegetarian diet…gives me
goosebumps..keep it up you guys…all ya’ll lookin HOT!!
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Dmitry | December 31, 2008 at 7:56 PM

I love Jane Taylor’s tshirt “DON’T TRASH MY PLANET” and that she’s with the Sea Shepherd.
SHE’S SUPER SEXY!!! All those greatlooking guys and gals are proof that going veg makes
heaps of sense.

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Aditya | December 29, 2008 at 7:20 AM

There are HOT INTELLIGENT THEY ARE IN THE DEFENCE FORCES AND TO TOP IT ALL
THEY ARE ALL VEGETARIANS..HOW SEXY CAN IT GET!
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Ana A. G. | December 28, 2008 at 4:08 PM

Keeping both us and the other animals safe while being ethical vegetarians and goodlooking as
well. Whew!!!! Many thanks for what you do!!!!
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