Top 10 Celebrities Who are Openly Vegan

The vegan bandwagon includes celebrities like Jenna Dewan, Miley Cyrus, Beyonce , and many more. Multiple factors have pushed these celebs to take this stand, right from health concerns, ethical and moral values, environmentally friendly approach, or just the taste itself.

Many are making healthy and sustainable lifestyle choices these days. Given the current trend, a UK-based employment tribunal explicitly called out on January-3 veganism is a philosophical belief.

Research conducted in 2018 by Vegan Society revealed that there are about 600,000 vegans in Great Britain alone. If this was the number two-three years back, we can’t imagine what it could be today.

A vegan diet restricts the consumption of animal products like fish, dairy, meat, and poultry. Among the prominent figures celebrating veganism are Miley Cyrus, Beyonce, and Jenna Dewan.

Given below is a list of vegan celebs who have inspired many to join their cause:

#1. Beyonce

Beyonce has been a prominent voice for promoting veganism with her partner Jay Z for the last few years. The singer posted a video of her before the 2018 Coachella performance sharing her vegan lifestyle with her followers.

This mother of three posted a clip on her YouTube channel back in 2019 called: “22 days nutrition,” a detailed account of her fitness and diet routine. The video came right before her record-breaking performance in June 2017, followed by the birth of her beautiful twins Sir and Rumi.

Her trainer Marco Borges has constantly been a guiding light. Her website’s content is also based on Marco’s recommendations based on a principle that implies adopting healthy habits by shifting to a plant-based diet.

Marco mentioned in the video how this celeb and her entire crew switched to a 100% plant-based diet ahead of their performance in June 2017.

Beyonce and Jay-Z came together for a common cause under the banner Greenprint Project and encouraged people to meet them in person if they commit their lives to eating vegan.

The singer is now writing her account of the vegan diet along with her trainer Marco. Beyonce and Jay Z have also paired up on spreading awareness about the vegan diet on various outlets like Plant-Based Diet, Best Body, Better World. Her trainer Borges explains how a critical vegan diet helps reduce weight and inflammation.

#2. Lizzo

The vegan singer took to her social media account and shared her vegan meals in 2020. This 22-year-old celeb is excited about exploring plant-based flavors and proteins. She titled one of the clips of her vegan diet as:

‘Every journey is personal and deserves to be celebrated.’

Posting clips of her morning meals, mid-morning, lunch, and dinner along with sweets, the singer topped it up saying:” ‘Disclaimer, this isn’t every day, but this was a pretty average one.’

This young celebrity commences her day with a green smoothie made of spinach or kale, random frozen fruit, and coconut water. She prefers to take a salad consisting of red cabbage, avocado, kale, and broccoli for lunch. Whereas her dinner generally consists of salads, quinoa along with truffle-chickpea-mushroom balls.

The singer further revealed she was a hot Cheetos fan, but that increased inflammation in her body. Now she’s happy, and healthy munching on her vegan snacks dipped in hummus.

She loves making peanut butter jelly smoothies mixed with vanilla protein powder and oat milk. She feels very light and yet full with these quick-makes.

Vegan Hangover tips by Lizzo:

• Say no to eating cheesy eggs.
• Use a vegan alternative to it, i.e., carne asada bean.
• Scramble it with corn, vegan cheese, and spinach.

#3. Miley Cyrus

Cyrus, the singer, turned vegan in 2013. When the singer got married to her ex-husband Liam Hemsworth in her hometown of Nashville, Tennessee, they had vegan food served for their reception, as reported by US Magazine. The newlyweds’ menu had vegan foods like truffle mac and cheese, fried rice, biscuits and apple butter, and others but all vegan. For the singer, veganism has been an important cause in the course of her profession. All these years, she has joined forces with Converse to manufacture ethical apparel.

She also attended the 2018 Met Gala and joined hands with Stella McCartney to encourage fashion free of cruelty towards animals. It was appreciated by the animal rights organization PETA. Peta in 2017 gave her the Best Voice for Animals award. And for her wedding, she wore a dress made by anti-fur activist Vivienne Westwood.

The singer also attended the 2018 Met Gala and joined hands with Stella McCartney to encourage fashion free of cruelty towards animals. It was appreciated by the animal rights organization PETA. Peta in 2017 gave her the Best Voice for Animals award. And for her wedding, she wore a dress made by anti-fur activist Vivienne Westwood.

Later, she gave up being vegan and turned pescatarian, given her health challenges.

#4. Ariana Grande

Grande declared herself to be committing to turning 100% vegan in 2013, as she always ate organic foods as a child and ate meat sparingly.

The ‘7 rings’ singer was very pleased to announce her new reality, and PETA thanked her for this kind move.

A year after that, the singer voiced her reasons for becoming a vegan in an interview.

She loved the animals more than the humans, she stated. She firmly believes healthy food choices like plant-based meals can improve the life span and overall happiness.

She further mentioned: it is a bit challenging to find vegan food options outside, but she manages with fresh fruit salad or boiled vegetables and munches on something else once she’s back home.

#5. Jenna Dewan

A hard-core vegan since the age of 10, this Step Up star made up her mind for supporting veganism when she saw a documentary on slaughterhouses and abattoirs.

She has stuck to the idea since then. She feels happy and morally good about making this choice, she stated in her interview.

#6. Thandie Newton

Thandie was a vegetarian, so being a vegan was the next level she had to reach. She revealed in one of her interviews with Associated Press in 2018 that she turned vegan inspired by her co-actor Woody Harrelson ( A Star Wars Story fame actor) and has maintained her 100% commitment to being vegan to date.

#7. Venus Williams

Breaking all the myths about the vegan diet, this tennis star reached 16 Grand Slam finals till now. Wouldn’t she need proteins to be best in her game? Had she not quit being vegan, if it didn’t serve her any good.

The player has been vegan for years now. Suffering from Shogren’s syndrome, which is severe fatigue causing auto-immune disease.

In her interview with Health Magazine in 2017, the star stated that she fell in love with this concept that fuelled the body in the best way. It helped her on the court and left her feeling better about herself.

Being a sports person, she needed something more substantial, so later, she combined cooked meals like rice, potatoes with her vegan diet.

#8. Natalie Portman

Natalie: The Black Swan fame actress has been a vegan for most of her life; she turned vegan precisely when she was nine years old.

The actor thinks food is a very personal choice to make, and everybody gets to decide what they want to eat in their household. She loves to hang around with all sorts of people and doesn’t force her food choices on them, including her husband Benjamin Miliepeid, who’s not a vegan.

She released a film Eating Animals, in 2018 that took the factory-farming industry by storm. Months after the release, she spoke her heart out at WE Day California; age stated that she realized her veganism had been a part of it after becoming an activist on women. She meant that it is the female cows and chickens that bring forth the dairy products, exploring the female animals for earning heaps of money.

#9. Kate Mara

‘The Beauty Detox Solution’ written by Kimberly Snyder, inspired the House of Cards fame actress Kate Mara to turn to veganism in 2018.

Initially, it was hard for her to give up, especially cheese that she loved the most, but later she got used to it.

She suffered from a sensitive stomach for years; she felt significantly better after cutting down her animal-based diet.

#10. Rooney Mara

Rooney Mara is famous for being a vegan and launched a vegan Fashion brand called Hiraeth alongside her friend Sara Schloat in 2018.

She says there weren’t many faux leather alternatives available for someone like her who celebrates creative designs and uniqueness. One can find cheap faux-leather boots, but those are an outcome of sheer cruelty on animals, she stated, and that’s how she conceived this idea of launching her vegan brand, combining the two her saving the animals cause and love for creativity.

Conclusion

Beyonce, Jenna Dewan, Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande, Thandie Newton, Venus Williams, Natalie Portman, Kate Mara, and Rooney Mara are prominent figures who joined the vegan regime, given their genuine reasons right from health to a value-based belief system.