IMAGES: The hottest celebrity vegetarians of 2012!

Animal rights organisation PETA has released their annual list of stars who keep meat off their plates. Take a look.

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan and actress Vidya Balan have been named PETA's hottest celebrity vegetarians of 2012.

Bachchan, 70, has been named the hottest vegetarian celebrity three times in the past and even won the crown in PETA Asia's equivalent contest last year.

Balan, who has won the crown in 2010, too has often credited her curves to her meat-free diet, saying, "I am a vegetarian, as a result my metabolism has improved and this is a huge contributor to weight loss."

"More and more of India's hottest stars are choosing to keep meat off their plates and when you look at Amitabh and Vidya, it is easy to see why," said Poorva Joshipura, CEO, PETA India.

Move to the following pages to see the other celebrities in the running.

The former beauty queen and actress lost out to Vidya, but she's a sexy vegetarian for sure!

Also on PETA's radar is Shahid, who's quite an animal lover.

Following in her ex-beau's footsteps we have Bebo, who's given up meat for years now.

The vegetarian actor is another of PETA's role models, and has even fronted a campaign for them.

The Kolaveri Di singer was voted Hottest Vegetarian 2011 and still rates highly.

Veteran actress and original Dream Girl Hema Malini rounded off PETA's list for 2012.