GRAMMY award-winning “American Idol” superstar Carrie Underwood has been named this year’s World’s Sexiest Vegetarian woman by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

It’s the second time for Carrie, who also won in 2005.

Oh, and “Tonight Show” band leader Kevin Eubanks won as World’s Sexiest Vegetarian man. It’s his first.

According to the PETA announcement, the red-carpet runners-up include Kristen Bell of “Veronica Mars;” “Spider-Man 3’s” Bryce Dallas Howard; actor Joaquin Phoenix; Milo Ventimiglia, better known as Peter Petrelli on “Heroes;” columnist Michael Ausiello; and 30 Seconds to Mars vocalist Jared Leto.

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RYANNE CASANOVA, one of the models Philippine online game publisher IP e-Games tapped for the 2nd RAN Online Global Conference on March 23, 2007, talks about modeling and her love for the TV series “Heroes.”

Video interview conducted on March 22, 2007 by INQUIRER.net gaming and multimedia editor Joey Alarilla in Plantation Bay, Mactan, Cebu.

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BOY, sure looks like INQUIRER.net reporter Alex Villafania had fun covering Computex 2007 in Taiwan, heh

Here are some photos of the booth babes Alex spotted in that information technology trade show.

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SURE, she may have represented Norway in the recent Miss Universe pageant, but Fil-Norwegian Kirby Ann Basken is promoting Philippine tourist spots and fulfilling her responsibilities as last year’s Mutya ng Pilipinas.

Here’s an excerpt from Armin Adina’s story for the Philippine Daily Inquirer:

Basken, born to a Filipino mother and Norwegian father, was crowned Mutya ng Pilipinas last year. In April this year, she bagged the Miss Norway crown making her the European country’s representative to the Miss Universe pageant.

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WHO says you can’t have your cake and eat it too? OK, in this case, instead of cake it’s vegetables hehe

Alicia Mayer, who a few months ago wore a lettuce bikini in a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals photo shoot to promote vegetarianism in the Philippines, has reportedly taken the early lead in this year’s World’s Sexiest Vegetarian poll sponsored by PETA US. Check out this pic that the local PETA office sent us.

INQUIRER.net reporter Alex Villafania and I had fun covering that photo shoot, and it was great interviewing Alicia and finding out why she became a vegetarian.

She told us that this was after she viewed videos of factory farms on PETA.org, and saw the kind of cruelty being committed against animals. She’s always had a soft spot for animals, and she’s been a passionate volunteer for PETA.

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