About Chic Vegan
Chic Vegan is a place where compassionate fashionistas and vegan vixens meet up to discuss how they can make the world a better place for people and animals alike. Chic Vegan was created in 2008 as a place for women to keep up to date on new cruelty free fashions. It has since become an extravaganza of fashion, cosmetics, self-improvement, diet, eco-love and many, many other things.
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Founder
Mandi Hoffman
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Mandi is the Founder of Chic Vegan and has undying passions for saving animals, circus arts, and creating new and exciting things every day. She has been vegan for over 5 years and ran chicvegan.com from June of 2008 through December of 2011. Mandi’s mission is to spread the message that you can be fashionable, eat amazing food and live a remarkable life all while making the most ethical choices possible. Going vegan has been an amazing experience that has changed her life in countless ways. To learn more about Mandi and her adventures you can tune in to her personal site: poniesandunicorns.com.
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Editor
Gretchen Tseng
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In January 2012 Gretchen became the Editor of Chic Vegan. In addition to her editing role, she also pens Chic Vegan’s “Ask Grettie” Nutrition Column. Gretchen is a Nutrition Specialist with Certification in Plant-Based Nutrition through Cornell University. At a young age she experienced a series of illnesses which propelled her to seek nutrition-based solutions. She is absolutely passionate about sharing the health benefits of a plant-based lifestyle and can be found doing so through Chic Vegan and her website Veggie Grettie. Gretchen lives in Southern California with her husband, two children, and 4 legged best bud. She dreams of living on a farm someday surrounded by animals and the most amazing organic garden she can imagine.
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Regular Contributors
Melanie Pyves
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Melanie Pyves is the founder of The Streets I Know: A Vegan Fashion Blog is a long time vegan, fashion lover and graphic/textile designer living in Toronto. The Streets I Know: A Vegan Fashion Blog is where she daily shares her vegan fashion finds with fellow cruelty-free fashion seeking enthusiasts who want to be both compassionate and stylish. Melanie and her blog were both recently featured in the fabulous vegan lifestyle book The Vegan Girls Guide To Life.
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Helena Antonowitsch
Helena Antonowitsch works in Development for the PETA Foundation (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). In 1994, she attended her first PETA-organized Ringling Bros. demonstration and is proud to now find herself working alongside her hero, Ingrid Newkirk. Helena recently moved from San Francisco to a tiny little town in New Jersey. She lives with her boyfriend, Chris Meade, and his longtime feline companion, Newts.
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Abigail McShinsky
Abigail McShinsky is an avid writer and environmentalist working in New Hampshire. She is the author of Bold As Nature, a natural health, wellness, and environmental blog centered around the idea that no decision or action we make is a small one. In addition to being an active voice in the environmental community, Abigail is also attending the premiere “green” school in the nation to increase her insight and impact in the realm of ecological activism. In addition to her environmental passions, Abigail also enjoys getting creative with plant-based nutrition, spending her weekends in the kitchen, creating nourishing, wholesome recipes that showcase whole foods and health.
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Kristy Cutsforth
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Kristy Cutsforth is the founder of Pumpkin and Poppy Cosmetics, a vegan and cruelty free beauty line focusing on healthy ingredients. She is on the forefront of ethical beauty and she shares her findings on her YouTube channel. She also runs a blog called Veggie Beauty where she shares cosmetic tutorials, reviews, and her other passion – vegan cooking! Kristy researches everything tirelessly to make sure everything she recommends is 100% cruelty-free and vegan.
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Rena Wren
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Rena Wren is a singer/songwriter living in Hot Springs, Arkansas who, in the words of Merle Haggard, “wears her own kind of hat.” In fact, she wears many hats! Rena is passionate about sharing her tips on vegan cooking, fitness, health and wellness with others. Rena also writes music and tours, playing venues ranging from coffee houses to main stages across the country. She enjoys helping other musicians, so much so that in 2008, she and her husband, Rodgey Roach, founded “Dragonfly Songwriter Showcase,” a volunteer musician assistance network for indie musicians. Recently, Rena very excitedly launched a positivity project called “We Are” that she hopes will spread the kind word globally. You may read more about Rena and her projects at renawren.com.
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Franziska Schmid
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Franziska Schmid is the curator of Veggie Love, a trendsetting blog about green and vegan lifestyle. She writes about sustainable fashion, natural cosmetics and beauty products as well as food and restaurants. She lives in Berlin and loves to travel. Her blog is a resource for everybody who seeks inspiration and wants to make ecological and ethical choices about their lifestyle. As a blogger and communication strategist, she knows how to engage a digital audience and works with brands building a presence in the social web. She consults eco shops and boutiques in building and expanding a portfolio with eco beauty, fashion, and lifestyle products. She also works as freelance writer for blogs and magazines, and is currently writing her first book.
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