Once again, Amitabh voted as hottest vegetarian 15th Oct 2004
10.45 IST
By ApunKaChoice Bureau
For the third consecutive year, Amitabh Bachchan has been voted “Hottest Vegetarian Alive” in an online poll conducted by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
More than 50,000 visitors to the Peta website cast their votes in the opinion poll that puts Amitabh and Hollywood stunner Alicia Silverstone as the hottest veggies alive. Other close contenders to Alicia were Bollywood item girl Yana Gupta , Baywatch beauty Pamela Anderson and TV star Mandira Bedi.
Bachchan received good competition from other contenders like actor Shahid Kapur and cricketer Anil Kumble. Forever young Dev Anand and young actress Amrita Rao were other Bollywood celebrities to get good votes in the poll.
Bachchan has also played an important role in founding of Asian Conservation Awareness Programme, which is dedicated to protecting endangered wildlife and their habitats.