The 22-year-old is in the midst of a two-month stay over there as part of a tie-up with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). Among her latest stunts was joining two other female campaigners in an anti-fur protest outside the Washington outlet of the top fashion chain Burberry.

Despite sub-zero conditions, the trio were naked apart from a banner draped around them proclaiming "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur". The demonstration was covered by newspapers, radio and TV. Later, Joanne dressed as a human barbecue in a PETA-organised event in Nashville to promote the vegetarian cause. Again, she and the other demonstrators got no shortage of media attention.

It was again staged on a perishing cold day – something which Joanne reveals in her daily blog that she was more than prepared to put up with.

She states: "Was freezing again but hey, what's an hour in the cold compared to a life of confinement and squalor in a factory farm?"

Among her other tasks has been leafleting KFC fast-foot outlets and delivering food and bedding material to stray and neglected animals.

Joanne is a full-time activist based in Edinburgh with Advocates for Animals. She is due to return from her temporary placement in the US with PETA early next month.

Joanne's most high-profile activities in the past have included protests on the eve of the annual bull run through the centre of the Spanish town of Pamplona and at the Crufts dog show.

Last August, she protested during the Duke of Rothesay's visit to the Environmental Research Institute in Thurso about the continued slaughter of black bears to provide the material for the headpieces of the Queen's guard.

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