No, PETA is also interested in getting ordinary people to get sexied up, too; as evidenced by their latest publicity stunt: a "Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door" contest. You—yes, you—have the chance to vote for your favoritest sexy vegetarians, who will face off against one another in a four round, bracket-style competition, until only two champions (one male, one female) remain.

We had our doubts about the whole thing, but after looking through the contestants, we have to say that there are a few lookers in the mix—and, even better, more than a few who aren't afraid to show a little skin. Think there's any chance that they'll shed more garments as they advance through the rounds? Come on, it'd be good for PETA's image.

· Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door 2009 (peta.org)

And yet they have: "Veggie Love"—and ad celebrating the joys of vegetarian sex—was deemed far too lascivious for primetime. Specifically, NBC objected to the following shots:

- licking pumpkin
- touching her breast with her hand while eating broccoli
- pumpkin from behind between legs
- rubbing pelvic region with pumpkin
- screwing herself with broccoli (fuzzy)
- asparagus on her lap appearing as if it is ready to be inserted into vagina
- licking eggplant
- rubbing asparagus on breast

Well, someone was paying close attention to that ad....

· "Veggie Love": PETA's Banned Super Bowl Ad (peta.org)
· NBC's Sexually-Explicit Super Bowl Ad Rejection Makes Us Blush (peta.org)

And who do we have to thank for that? Why, PETA, of course—without their models who go naked for animal rights, we might never have learned cared about the cruelty of fur. Or eating meat. Or animal testing.

It seems that the team over at Toxic Magazine has been similarly effected by the great work of PETA, as they've put together a collection of PETA ads featuring naked celebrities from over the years. Their list is far from complete, but if you supplement it with this, you should have a pretty thorough tribute to boobs women who care about animal rights.

· Getting Naked for PETA (toxicmagazine.com)

· Naked For PETA (phun.org)

· Michelle Marsh will have to get back to you soon, because she has quite a lot on her hands right now. (hollywoodtuna.com + egotastic.com)

· LAist was not impressed by Erotica LA. What was the problem? Too many pornstars or not enough shoulder stink? (laist.com)

· What's the weirdest part of this story? That male and female inmates are housed side-by-side, that they were able cut a hole in their cell walls so they could "join" each other, or that prisoners apparently have unlimited access to pancake batter? That last bit doesn't make it as kinky as it should be, either. (newsday.com)

· We don't care what you're selling, there's no such thing as a gratuitous bikini model. (copyranter.blogspot.com)

· Carrie Underwood and Kevin Eubanks are the world's sexiest vegetarians, but we still don't understand how could anyone turn down a piece of hot beef. (chron.com)

· Internet speeds in the US lag far behind other industrialized nations. It's hard to sleep at night knowing our porn should be arriving faster than it is. (xbiz.com)

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· Danielle Lloyd pretends to secretly be a lesbian for the benefit of Zoo Weekly readers. We have no problem with this. (gorillamask.net)

· Kelly Preston is on vacation at the beach, but without her pasty husband. We definitely have no problem with this. (egotastic.com)

· According to a new survey, email spam is a greater problem than ever, but Americans are "less bothered" by it than they used to be. We've believe the phrase you're looking for is "too emotionally shattered to fight back." (xbiz.com)

· PETA is once holding its World's Sexiest Vegetarian contest. Did they just do this a little while ago or have we been working here too long? (peta2.com)

· It seems Australians aren't so happy about their local nude car wash, after all. Perhaps it's because everyone in town suddenly can't keep their car out of the mud. (news.com.au)

· Six strippers in Tampa, Florida, are arrested and charged with "nudity-related" offenses. They might have trouble with their alibi, since, you know ... they work in a damn strip club. (tampabays10.com)

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· PETA uses an innocent, harmless bunny for its own nefarious ends. Who are the real animals? (complex.com)

· If you've bought Astroglide on the web, we know who you are. Seriously, we know who you are because all your personal information is cached on Google. But don't worry, we won't tell anyone. (log.wired.com)

· So a man walks into a restaurant, and then cuts off his own penis. Yeah, there's no punchline after that. (bbc.co.uk)

· DVD sales ... blah blah ... porn industry leads the way for Hollywood ... yada yada ... we're all going broke, etc. (ftd.de)

· Australian veterans celebrate Anzac Day the best way they know how—a nude beach cricket match. They're veterans; who's going to tell them they can't? (abc.net.au)

· What's better than Molly Crabapple's Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School? Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School ... outdoors! Now that's getting back to nature. (wakingvixen.com)

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· Michelle Manhart—the Air Force sergeant who was recently in Playboy—has been demoted from active duty, effectively ending her military career. What ever happened to "don't ask, don't tell"? (usatoday.com)

· Joanna Krupa is the latest model to almost get completely naked because she loves animals so much. Those PETA people talk more women out of their clothes than Charlie Sheen. [Why Charlie Sheen? We have no idea.] (furisdead.com)

· Women's magazines care more about sex than love. Men's magazines, on the other hand, only care about loving sex. (cnsnews.com)

· Thanks, but we'd rather not think about our grandpa getting busy while he trades stocks online. We're kinda sensitive that way. (copyranter.blogspot.com)

· Police shut down nearly every sex shop in Sydney and we just canceled our vacation to Australia. (smh.com.au)

· A supplier in Britain will have to sell his houses to pay his 350,000 fine for distributing porn movies through the mail, which is apparently illegal for some reason. You can't get that stuff at the mall, you know. (icberkshire.icnetwork.co.uk)

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· "Attack of The Show" co-host Olivia Munn strips down to her skimpy best for a magazine shoot ... and geeks rejoice throughout the land. Including us, of course. (popoholic.com)

· The only nude beach in Australia's Northern Territory is crawling with perverts. So now it's just like every other nude beach in the world. (ntnews.news.com.au)

· It's official, at least according to our globetrotting siblings at Gridskipper: the Japanese really are kinkier than the rest of us. Like we were doubting that to begin with? (gridskipper.com)

· The Kinsey Institute is holding an erotic art show and the door is open for submissions. Maybe those PETA folks could come up with something good. (kinseyinstitute.org)

· That darn Ron Jeremy—so incorrigible. Then again, if we were the world's most famous male porn star we'd probably use any excuse to stick our hands up random fans' shirts too. (attustest.blogspot.com)

· Doctors in Israel receive a prize after they discover a cure for hiccups: a finger in the butt. We imagine that technique might cure a lot of things. (reuters.co.uk + ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, via Boing Boing)

· Ad blogger Coolz0r shows off his collection of classic PETA advertising. We'll say one thing for those animal lovers—they know how to talk people out of their clothes. (coolz0r.com)

· OK, so it isn't so much an actual music video as a promo stunt to hawk a contest for Frankie J's "That Girl" single and a for-pay mobile content download site—but we have a feeling you'll be hitting "pause" an awful lot during this sexy thirty second mashup clip starring the asstacular Vida Guerra and fellow megababes Coco (aka Mrs. Ice T) and Summer Walker anyway. So who cares what you call it?

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· We were not aware until just this moment that there is actually a competition for "Miss Bikini of the Universe." We are quite certain, however, that Miss Pluto would have won had she not been disqualified at the last minute. (people.com.cn - thanks Tyler)

· Heather Mills figures "what the hell difference does it make?" and poses nude for a PETA calendar. Seriously, does it even matter anymore? (sundaymirror.co.uk)

· Why do asshole editors always turn into a bunch of pussies whenever their cocksucking reporters want to put a few damn swear words in their motherfucking newspapers? It's all a bunch of bullshit, if you ask us. (philly.com)

· One in five people will interrupt lovemaking to answer their phone? Does that include using your call-waiting during phone sex? (zdnet.com)

· Graphic novelist Alan Moore thinks there should be no debate about whether his latest work is porn or art. He says there's no question that it's porn. (pennlive.com)

· A topless kissing booth makes for a surprisingly successful fundraiser. Actually, if you add "topless" to almost anything, you're pretty much guaranteed not to fail. (sptimes.com)

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· The Emmy nominations came out today and seeing this "assessment" (i.e. nudie shots) of the nominees for Best Actress (and one Best Supporting Actress) makes it hard to pick a winner. It's an honor just to see them naked. (tabloidrabies.blogspot.com, via Defamer)

· Meanwhile, internet Channel 102 introduces us to Dr. Miracles, a dedicated life saver. He's like that guy on House ... if the guy on House cured people with his magical sperm. (www.channel102.net)

· As this new tourism ad shows, the holy sites aren't the only reason to make a pilgrimage to Israel. Unfortunately, it's the nation's dreams of soccer glory that suffer for it. (Google Video, via adrants.com)

· Watchmakers have always had a knack for building beautiful precision instruments. They also know how to make some fine handcrafted smut. They take a lickin', but do they keep on tickin'? (sexculptures.blogspot.com, via Boing Boing)

· PETA has posted a somewhat modest photo gallery of their "Running of the Nudes" protest against the famous Pamplona bull stampede. Show some more skin, guys, so we know you really care. (runningofthenudes.com)

· Finally, get (another) eyeful of Playboy's Miss July Sarah Jean Underwood. Will nude horseback riding ever go out of style? (dailyniner.com)

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· Pamela Anderson gets naked for a PETA protest ... or rather, she stands in a window for about 30 seconds with her hands over her boobs. So all of the sudden Pammy is shy about her body? PETA is such a cock tease! (yeeeah.com + video @ tmz.com)

· Friends don't let friends who play in the NBA watch porn videos and masturbate while drunk driving. (wfrv.com)

· Because Congress never met an industry it didn't want to regulate, ISPs have been told to expect new legislation designed to stop the insidious threat of MySpace. Besides, it's been at least a week since someone thought about the children. (mercurynews.com)

· The bond between a man and his penis pump is a special one, but one should try to limit their dick inflation to personal time—and not, for example, when you're at work. In a courtroom. As the judge. In case you missed the story when it first broke two years ago, this week's trial of former Oklahoma judge Donald D. Thompson will let you relive the magic all over again. (suntimes.com)

· This fake ad for the Condom-On condom applicator makes for a pretty funny spoof—except that it's actually not a bad idea. The iCut, however? Not funny at all. (condom-on.com, via Boing Boing)

· Just FYI: no matter what your sexual orientation was last year, if you saw Brokeback Mountain then you are probably now gay. Google Trends doesn't lie. If only you'd known sooner, you could've had a float in the Pride parade! (theanswermaysurpriseyou.blogspot.com)

· MySpace must not take rejection very well, because they make it very difficult for you to quit their site. Fortunately, Consumerist found a sure fire way to get your profile removed: shemale porn. Isn't that the always the answer? (Consumerist)

· In other Gawker family news, Wonkette is all over PETA's latest topless protest stunt. Sometimes we think our little sibling is filthier than we are, because nobody exposes an areola in the District without photographic evidence finding its way to her door. (Wonkette + repubblica.it)

· Teri Hatcher reveals a showbiz shortcut to great looking boobs: gaffer's tape. So if this stuff is so great and Hollywood is just filled with it, why is it the plastic surgery capital of the world? (lse.co.uk)

· Download a copy of the 1811 reference classic "Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue" and you'll be cursing like a Barbary pirate in no time. It'll also keep you from getting corporaled by a wrinkle when you go for a dog's rig at the snoozing ken. (Trust us, that was very dirty.) (gutenberg.org, via Boing Boing)

· Why are people so fascinated with—and often scared by—naked bodies? One professor has an answer, but as long it pays the bills we couldn't care less. (seattletimes.newsource.com)

· A porn producer thinks he's found a magic elixir that's the secret to instant rock hard boners. As an added bonus, it also strips wallpaper, removes tarnish from your silver, and gets 50 miles to the gallon. (pornstarperformanc.com; second item)

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· A mini-chain of Mexican eateries with the "tongue-in-cheek" name The Pink Taco is opening a new location in Scottsdale, Arizona. Of the original in Las Vegas, the owner says "I haven't had a single flap since the restaurant opened." Boy, he just can't help himself, can he? (azcentral.com + hardrockhotel.com)

· Our gearshift-stroking siblings at Jalopnik find a custom painted Volkswagon Beetle that gives new meaning to the phrase "peeking under the hood". And we're supposed to be the dirty minded ones? (jalopnik.com)

· Since we've been so sorely disappointed by rumors of Mariah Carey boob exposure in the past, we're inclined to look upon this see-through shot with a bit of suspicion—but on a slow celebrity breast news day like this one, we'll take whatever we can get. (egotastic.com)

· China's GDP ain't the only thing that's growing fast: the nation's bra manufacturers have been forced to bust out bigger sizes to accommodate the rising (and heaving; probably bouncing, too) fortunes of Chinese women. America's lead is probably safe for now, but that's one trade war we don't mind fighting. (bbc.co.uk)

· PETA has opened the voting for its annual World's Sexiest Vegetarian contest. Maybe they can even convince the winner to pose for one of those "I'd Rather Be Naked Than Wear Fur" ads—unless Paul McCartney somehow wins, in which case a nice trophy will be fine. (peta2.com + furisdead.com)

· The Tribeca Film Festival opens today, but you'll have to stick around until the second week to catch "The Sex Lives of Robots". It's always nice to see our mechanical friends get some love, even though their wet spots are impossible to clean up. (info + teaser @ tribecafilmfestival.org)

· The owners of Lesbian.com have put the domain name up for sale, but would still like to keep the site out of the hands of those just looking for a quick buck. Let's face it,though—the only people willing and able to plunk down $2 million for a URL these days probably earned their money the old fashioned way ... through subscriber fees and clickthroughs. (upi.com)

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