Compassionate, healthy, and strong, former Mr. Universe Billy Simmonds is determined to break the stereotypes often foisted on vegans, and he recently gave a show stopping performance!

To demonstrate to the world that absolutely nothing holds you back on a plant-based lifestyle, Billy broke through 5 slabs of cement with his bare hands and brute strength at World Vegan Day in Melbourne, Australia. Wow!

Misinformed stereotypes which portray veganism as some kind of hippy, fluffy nonsense run deep in our culture, yet the truth is that it takes true force of character  to stand out and let our beliefs dictate our actions. Billy believes that each of us can be an agent of change or a harmful instrument of the status quo, and that it’s up to all of us to support the positive identification of “vegan” in order to pierce into the mainstream.

Billy is also In Defense of Animals’ Strength in Kindness ambassador and an incredible advocate for both animals and humans. For further information or to check to see if Billy can bring Strength in Kindness to an Australian high school near you, please click here.