Vegetarian Star

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Susan Boyle became an overnight superstar after appearing on the UK competition show, Britain’s Got Talent.

Looking what some called plain and homely on the outside, Susan stunned every audience member with her majestic singing voice. To get the experience the Brits got that evening, watch the video.

As soon as a star is born, she’s bombarded by people looking to make her over, and Susan is no exception. The photos above show what the Chicago Tribune published as an example of what Susan can do with her outward appearance.

The LA Times blog got wind of this and said no way! Leave Susan the way she is.

“Don’t put Susan on a portion-controlled vegan diet, send her to spinning classes and celebrity fitness Boot Camps and give her veneers, a faux tan, a personal trainer, a makeup artist and a personal stylist.”

“And no expensive Sally Hershberger highlights and haircuts, please!”

At the Veg Star, we’re all about be yourself, but we have to disagree with one thing: Let Susan be vegan!

via latimesblogs.latimes.com and chicagotribune.com

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Peta

The Amazing Race has a history of not being a very kind race for vegetarians, and this season’s show proved no different.

Mike White was the poster boy for veganism on the show. His father and race partner, Mel, told Buddy TV.com Mike had a hard time finding vegan food.

“Mike is a vegan, and there was hardly any food that he could eat along the way and he didn’t compromise, so there were times where he hadn’t eaten for two days, anything solid,” Mel White said.

Mike White is a successful writer, who’s credits include Nacho Libre and School of Rock.

Last year, vegetarian contestant Terence Gerchberg attempted to eat sheep in an eating challenge, but lost-both the contest and his ability to keep the food down.

A vegetarian last year. A vegan this year. Clearly this isn’t something novel to Amazing Race, nor is a meatless eater novel to reality TV. Is it time the producers of these shows make reasonable accommodations for contestants with dietary preferences?

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It’s always nice to see veg food show up on TV cooking shows, even if Gordon Ramsay doesn’t like it.

NBC’s new reality TV chef competition, Chopping Block,  has one contestant, Kelsey Henderson (right) who’s had her hand in some veg cooking before.

Although she herself isn’t vegetarian, she told the LA Times blog she enjoys “eating and cooking that kind of food.”

Does that mean we’ll see some veggie creations on her “Chopping Block” menu this season?

Henderson is also a former macrobiotic chef for Madonna.

The show involves teams of contestants bending over backwards for various scenarios that go into opening a new restaurant, from planning the menu to publicity to the most important-making the food! All this must be done while pleasing various food critics who are watching every move they make to determine which team should be sent home next.

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Chi-Force

We’ve seen what can happen on reality TV when a vegetarian or vegan contestant can’t get the food they need for their diet.

But if anything like that happens on Vh1’s “Confessions of a Teen Idol”, vegan Eric Nies might not have a problem going hungry. It’s not like he hasn’t done it before.

The original MTV “Real World” star, who is now a life coach, once fasted for 40 days to raise awareness about obesity and world hunger, according to the Purium Health Products website.

Technically, it wasn’t complete fasting as he drank three to four energy drinks but abstained from solid foods.

Here’s a video of Eric and other former teen idols with clips from Vh1’s “Confessions of a Teen Idol.”

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There’s a new cooking show on the Food Network hosted by Top Chef judge Ted Allen and every week some one’s going to get chopped.

Not literally, of course, it’s not a medieval cooking show.

On Chopped, contestants, or “cheftestants” cook an appetizer, main course, and dessert. They have 30 minutes to cook each course and must also use “mystery ingredients” in the courses. The chef who can’t reveal the mystery dish to be a delicious meal at the end of the show is “chopped” and sent home.

On the January 13th debut, Chef Summer was looking to show her vegetarian and vegan cooking skills. Instead, she got screwed (or shall we say strangled) by baby octopus.

Boiling octopus meat was not the most pleasant cooking experience for Summer and it may have been why she was the first contestant to be “chopped.”

Personally, we think it should have been Katie, a 21-year-old pastry chef, who thought green onions were “strange” and didn’t know what the heck to do with them.

Watch the Chopped promo video below.

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Many of us are pinching pennies in the recession and the contestants of Celebrity Big Brother 6  are no exception.

The group, which includes notables like La Toya Jackson and Verne Troyer, were recently faced with buying groceries on a reduced budget and were arguing over what foods should be put on the shopping list.

Ulrika Jonsson suggested talking La Toya into compromising and eating some tuna and salmon because it’s cheaper.

Troyer protests that La Toya isn’t trying to be difficult in her eating choices, but that she’s vegetarian and they shouldn’t force her to eat meat.

Apparently, she’s been doing it anyway.

Jonsson later told other house mates that “Verne was so quick to stand up for La Toya and make the point that she is a vegetarian, has a strict diet and needs her salmon,” she said.

“But, well, vegetarians aren’t supposed to eat fish in the first place, and La Toya even ate turkey mince yesterday.”

You’d think that La Toya could have the rules bent and bring in her own food in order to stick with her diet.

But as we learned with the Amazing Race, Reality TV ain’t always pretty to those who aren’t omnivores.

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For everyone who couldn’t get enough of senior citizen Bret Michaels trying to act like it’s the 80s again in Rock of Love, here’s your chance to watch the female version of it.

Daisy de la Hoya, contestant on “Rock of Love 2”, has her own reality TV show on Vh1, Daisy of Love, where men will line up drooling over her goodies.

One contestant, Brian Magee of Syracuse, is already getting his 15 minutes of fame before even moving into the house this spring to win a chance to love on darling Daisy.

When he spoke to BuddyTV, he said he thinks being vegan and straight-edge sets him apart from the other guys. Then, again, he’s not that worried about standing out because Daisy could be a dingy. A real hot dingy.

“I don’t know. I don’t know her and she doesn’t know me. She could be the coolest person I’ve ever met or I might not be able to stand anything she says.”

He is hoping their shared love of music could bring them together.

Even though his diet and lifestyle might single him out, underneath that he’s just like any other guy, he insists. Especially any other reality TV guy.

“I’ve always been outrageous, out of control, loud and obnoxious. All the things that you expect from someone on reality TV.”

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After Ellen

On a recent Top Chef Elimination Challenge, the chefs had it easy-serve up whatever you want that best showcases your talent.

Contestant Carla really wanted to serve a vegetarian dish, but thought not having a protein would make her lose points.

Maybe it’s time for Carla to take a basic nutrition course as well as cooking classes. Although the judges might not be tofu and tempeh fans, there are plenty of plant based proteins that would have made her dish shine like beans, lentils, or whole grain pasta. If vegan was good enough for the Foo Fighters, it most certainly would have impressed the judges that day.

But she settled for tossing scallops into a mint risotto.

This was double elimination night, so Carla, Melissa, and Eugene were put on the front line and Carla was rescued for another week. Saved by the scallop? Nah, she could have shined otherwise.

via After Ellen

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