Dawn Richard

thumb|Dawn Richard in 2010 Dawn Angeliqué Richard, known professionally as Dawn Richard or D∆WN (born August 5, 1983), is an American singer-songwriter, actress and animator. Quotes I've been vegan for about a year now … It’s more than just food, it’s a lifestyle, and so my whole life has changed, I get up earlier, I wanna exercise, I feel better, my skin feels better. And these are things I didn’t even know coming from the South, coming from New Orleans — a girl who needs crawfish and gumbo, you know, you never would think that you would need avocados instead, and now I'm kind of an avocado junkie. … People are forgetting that it starts with the animals and we have misused them as if they are not like us. “Body by Vegan—The Stunning D△wn,” video interview with PETA (22 July 2015). Animals don’t have the ability to say how much pain they’re in or tell you not to rip their skin off for your ability to wear something. … Really get into the process of seeing what you’re putting not only inside your body, but outside, too. “D△WN Poses Naked in Graphic Anti-Leather Ad,” video interview with PETA (27 September 2017). External links Category:African Americans Category:Actresses from New Orleans Category:Singer-songwriters from the United States Category:Women singers from the United States Category:Guitarists from the United States Category:Women guitarists Category:Animal rights activists Category:Women activists from the United States Category:Dancers from the United States Category:Models from the United States Category:Music producers from the United States Category:Animators Category:Pop singers Category:R&B singers Category:Vegetarians Category:1983 births Category:Living people