Meet PETA’s 2016 Cutest Vegetarians Next Door

A round of applause for all the finalists and a big thank-you to all who took part! The competition was fierce in PETA India’s annual Cutest Vegetarian Next Door contest, but after tallying the votes (and thanks to all who voted!) and sifting through the top picks, we’ve selected the winners. Without further ado, we’re proud to crown Vaibhav Upadhyay and Allankrita Sarkar as the Cutest Vegetarians Next Door of 2016 (insert a round of applause here).

Vaibhav, our male winner, strongly opposes harming and killing animals, as he believes that the beauty of nature lies in animals and plants.

And our female winner, Allankrita, went vegetarian when she witnessed someone prepare to cut up a chicken at a butcher shop.

Both winners will receive a sash, a trophy, a certificate, vegetarian/vegan starter kit s to share with their friends, a “Glass Walls” DVD, and, most importantly, bragging rights. Who wouldn’t want to brag about following a plant-based lifestyle, which shrinks your carbon footprint, spares the lives of many animals a year, and reduces your risk of suffering from cancer, heart disease, and obesity? So how about going vegetarian yourself? Getting started is as easy as checking out these yummy dishes and helping yourself to this useful read. Who knows? You might even be inspired to enter the contest next year.