“First it’s important for me to say I’m not perfect and that for me, it is about the principle. Sustainability is important, recycling is important. I think it is a mind-set: everyone can do really simple things to make a difference, every little bit counts and there is still a long way to go. My first job is to be a fashion designer — my first job is to make desirable, luxurious, beautiful clothing and accessories that women want to buy but I will always take the opportunity to use a beautiful organic fabric. I obviously don’t use any animal skins or furs in my collections which has a huge impact on the planet. About fifty million animals die for the sake of fashion ever year, which is extremely wasteful and significantly contributes to climate change as farming uses a lot of water, energy and land, devastate forests and pollutes oceans.” – Stella McCartney

How does one become a vegetarian, you wonder? Read here how Beatle, Sir Paul McCartney and his wife Linda became vegetarians, and how it brought Stella to a peaceful state of mind.

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The Vogue cover girl had to go through an intense workout and training regimen six months before filming began for Black Swan. But she defends her current eating habits and says they’re nothing like her character Nina’s:

A vegetarian at home and a vegan when out, she orders a thoroughly eccentric meal: field greens followed by a soft pretzel with mustard, and an elderflower spritzer.

“Is that it?” I ask.

“I swear, I eat. I ate a bagel an hour ago. I consume my own weight in hummus every day. I cook a lot, and I even do vegan baking.

“I like pleasure, I like joy. I’d never get to the point where I would starve or injure myself like Nina does. I’m the opposite—when I’m hungry, I eat, and I always make sure I’m eating something delicious. I’m tough on myself in terms of the standards I want to live up to, but that’s also part of my pleasure: knowing you are being your fullest self. Being your fullest self is a lot of work.”

I may actually buy Vogue this month because they chose such an admiral cover girl. Can’t wait to read the interview in full.

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Olivia Wilde is PETA’s Sexiest Vegetarian of 2010. Photo: Getty Images for Vanity Fair

Think all vegetarians are scrawny, pasty, mousy types? PETA is about to prove you way wrong!

The critter-friendly organization has named actress Olivia Wilde the Sexiest Vegetarian of 2010.

“Animal lover and activist Olivia Wilde proves that being vegan helps one shine from the inside out,” PETA writes on its Web site.

“She has saved lives on Fox’s hit show ‘House‘ and has saved the lives of animals off-screen by choosing a vegan diet. Going vegan saves the lives of about 100 animals a year!”

The va-va-vegan explains on her Web site that she adopted the lifestyle mainly because she wanted to boycott torture factories, and adds, “I am also way happier when I eat a plant-based diet, and I feel about a thousand times more energetic.”

Of being named this year’s Sexiest Vegetarian — alongside “The Biggest Loser” trainer Bob Harper (“a dude who disproves the silly lie that vegans cant be strong” says Wilde) — the beauty, who appears in the upcoming “Tron: Legacy” and next year’s sci-fi fantasy “Cowboys & Aliens,” writes, “I am really honored, and very inspired to continue living the vegan lifestyle that has been so good to my body, my animal friends, and the world we live in. So thank you, PETA, and thanks to all who voted for me!”

In related news, read about Wilde topping Victoria’s Secret’s Sexiest Actress list.

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