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By Amanda Kennedy
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Neil bids to be vegan pin up

WHAT does Moffat native Neil McGill have in common with Joaquin Phoenix, Jared Leto and David Haye?

They’re all vegans . . . and deemed to be very attractive to boot.

And now the 30-year-old has beat off numerous other entrants to become one of seven male finalists in PETA UK and Ireland’s Hottest Vegan Competition 2017.
Neil is an HGV driver and a passionate Save Movement activist.
A vegan for six months, he said: “After talking to a friend and watching the documentary Earthlings, I was awakened to the harm and injustice of the meat industry.
“I made a decision overnight that I wanted no part in it. Six months on, I’m absolutely loving life. I’ve been travelling, meeting loads of cool people and constantly talking about veganism.”
PETA director Elisa Allen added: “Vegans are, on average, slimmer and healthier and have more energy than their meat-eating peers – plus, there’s nothing hotter than compassion.
“Each one of the finalists in PETA’s contest is a testament to how sexy vegans are – inside and out.”
Neil is up against six other ‘hot’ vegans, including fitness instructor Mark and school teacher Dinarte.
He is competing to win an eight-course vegan taster menu for two at top London restaurant Gauthier Soho as well as the prestigious title, which last year went to a firefighter.
Meanwhile seven girls are also in the running to be chosen as the hottest female vegan.
To see photographs and biographies of all the belles and beaux selected as finalists, visit PETA.org.uk.
You can vote for your favourite contestants – one man and one woman.

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