Olivarez in new PETA ad campaign

ATLANTA - 21-year-old Vanessa Olivarez of Gainesville, whose appearance on American Idol two weeks ago sparked a national uproar when judge Simon Cowell chided her to lose weight,
took it all off for the animals this week - her clothes that is.

Olivarez shed her clothes for a photo shoot for a new campaign that has been launched by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

The PETA campaign is called "Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur."

While the photos show a nude Olivarez, strategically placed props, including her arms and hands and a guitar, cover parts of her body.

Olivarez joins the ranks of Kim Basinger, Christy Turlington, Pamela Anderson, and others by posing for PETA's naked anti-fur ad series.

The theme of the newest ad: Be comfortable in your own skin, let the animals keep theirs.

"Regardless of what Simon says, PETA believes beauty comes in all shapes and sizes, and we're tickled to spotlight Vanessa's unique look in our campaign for cruelty-free fashion," says PETA Vice President Dan Mathews, who flew to Atlanta for the shoot from PETA's headquarters in Norfolk, Va.

PETA says for each fur coat, collar, or cuff, animals are trapped, drowned, or beaten to death in the wild or gassed, strangled, or electrocuted on fur farms.