Gemma Collins Unveils Sexy New PETA Ad In Piccadilly Circus

For Immediate Release:

10 September 2013

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Photos from the event are available here, here and here.

London – Lounging on satin sheets – and wearing nothing but a smile and faux pearls – The Only Way Is Essex star and plus-size fashion designer Gemma Collins stars in a brand-new PETA ad that proclaims, “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur”. Collins unveiled her ad live in Piccadilly Circus this morning. The ad was shot by top celebrity photographer Karl Grant.

“Like PETA, I believe that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes”, she says. “You don’t have to be a size 8 to feel beautiful, but you do have to be comfortable in your own skin. And that means letting animals keep theirs – not killing them for their fur.”

Animals on fur farms spend their entire lives confined to cramped, filthy cages before they are beaten, gassed or electrocuted – and even skinned alive. For these reasons, Collins and other high-profile designers – including Ralph Lauren, Stella McCartney, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein and Vivienne Westwood – refuse to use animal fur in their designs.

Collins joins a long list of celebrities – including Eva Mendes, Pamela Anderson, Kate Ford and Sadie Frost as well as fellow Essexers Rylan Clark, Chantelle Houghton and Lauren Goodger – who have bared their skin for PETA in order to help animals keep theirs.

Photos from the unveiling are available on request. For more information, please visit PETA.org.uk.