Her modeling work has included appearances in FHM, the 2006 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, and she posed nude for the July 2007 issue of Playboy magazine.
She is a spokeswoman for Defenders of Wildlife, and enjoys interior decorating. Both of her sisters, Leah and Taryn, are swimmers. Amanda placed eighth in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Celebrity car race in 2006.
In November 2007, Beard made her first television commercial for GoDaddy entitled "Shock". It featured her "flashing" the seven Olympic medals she won from 1996-2004. Mark Spitz made a cameo appearance.
In April 2008, she joined Fox Network's popular sports talk program, The Best Damn Sports Show Period as a correspondent, covering major sporting events.
In 2008, Beard participated in an anti-fur campaign for the organization PETA. She was photographed nude in front of an American Flag. The flag in that photograph is hung incorrectly according the United States Flag Code with the blue field to the upper right. Shortly after the PETA campaign was released, accusations of hypocrisy surfaced where Beard told a fashion blogger the year before that her favorite shoes were leather sandals and that she would never buy a low-quality jacket during an interview with SmartMoney magazine.
Personal bests
Beard's personal bests in long-course meters are:
* 100 m breaststroke: 1:07.42 Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships
* 200 m breaststroke: 2:22.44 US Olympic Swimming Trials 2004
* 200 m individual medley: 2:11.70 Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name : Amanda Beard
Country : United States
Stroke(s) : Breaststroke, Individual Medley
Date of birth : October 29, 1981 (1981-10-29) (age 29)
Place of birth : Newport Beach, California, United States
Height : 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
