ECHO PARK (CBSLA.com) PETA launched a national search to find Americas cutest vegan kid and foundone of them in the Southland.

When Genesis Butler of Signal Hill was just 3, she asked her mom where her chicken nuggets come from.

So, I told her the truth. I said, You know what, we kill animals for it, sweetheart. And she was devastated, said Genelle Palacio-Butler, the childs mother. She said, You know what, I dont want to do this again.

That day, Genesis decided to become a vegetarian, and three years later, she went vegan.

Because I dont believe that animals should be used for food, and I dont believe people should eat them, said Genesis, now 8.

Genesis persuadedher parents and siblings to go vegan and has now turned her attention to her classmates, who she shares her vegan meals with at lunchtime.

They actually like it. They dont really eat the cafeteria food. They always eat my food, she said.

Genesis says soy tacos are her favorite.

She has walked in a number of animal-rights protests throughout Los Angeles.

Her dream, she says, is to get the whole world to go vegan.

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Signal Hill 8-Year-Old Among PETAs Cutest Vegan Kids This Year