Olympics

Amanda Beard Hits the Cover of Playboy

Posted Jun 05, 2007 11:32AM By Michael David Smith (RSS feed)

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Last month we pointed out that Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard is posing in Playboy. Now SI's Extra Mustard has noted that the cover of Playboy's July issue (which hits newsstands Friday, June 8) features Beard, topless but using a well-placed forearm to keep things safe for work.

Beard, who won three medals in the 1996 Olympics at the age of 14, has previously appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and in FHM, but next month's Playboy is her first appearance in the nude.

This will no doubt raise questions about whether Beard is demeaning herself or demeaning women's sports, but I don't really get that. Beard has a positive public image, and as BloggingStocks has noted, featuring women like Beard is a part of Playboy's business model. Athletes male and female have hot bodies, and athletes male and female use those hot bodies to make money and sell products. Good for them.

UPDATE: Watch Amanda Beard talk about Playboy with David Letterman.
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Tags: Amanda+Beard, AmandaBeard

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 10)

6-05-2007 @ 11:54AM

ray said...

yay. another broad stripping for cash. that's just what the world needs.

6-05-2007 @ 12:19PM

jon said...

I am sorry but that is an ugly woman..Come on playboy get some hotter women...no wonder subs are in the toliet

6-05-2007 @ 12:29PM

carl said...

Put a flag over her face and say you did it for your country

6-05-2007 @ 2:58PM

Medycman said...

I have no idea what those other crackheads are thinking. A brunette with blue eyes and an awesome body to boot? Can we say J-E-A-L-O-U-S-Y? Amanda, I would truly like to have the honor of hitting it anytime your in town, your are smokin!!!!

6-05-2007 @ 3:12PM

acsports said...

They'll airbrush the hell out of her and make her look really hot.

Playboy just wants to use her name. Photoshop can make anyone pretty.

6-05-2007 @ 3:54PM

hykedoe said...

I haven't seen her pictures and i don't plan on seeing her pictures.

6-05-2007 @ 4:41PM

irv said...

I don't know about you guys, but I think she's GORGEOUS. LOOK AT THAT BODY AND SMILE.

Seems you guys are into beastly-looking women if you don't think Amanda Beard is great looking.

6-05-2007 @ 5:06PM

SportSnipe.com said...

She worked hard for that body!! Might as well show it off! nothing to be ashamed with...im sure she is going to look good though, playboy will do a good job...although her face looks sorta dark and manly in that SI pic...

http://www.sportsnipe.com

6-05-2007 @ 5:48PM

Livin' Large said...

Nice, Amanda. You are beautiful ... there are some people out there who are blind. Others think that a smart-ass remark is the thing to say. Grow up, I don't see you on the cover. Make that $$$$$ Amanda!!!

6-05-2007 @ 5:59PM

LivinLargeXX said...

Maybe I should say ... I don't see your FINE ladies on the cover.

6-05-2007 @ 6:47PM

Da Leader said...

White women will do anything, ooops did i say that? See what had happen was........

6-05-2007 @ 6:46PM

Caroline said...

What-she didn't make enough money already between product endorsements and the SI swimsuit issue? Amanda Beard is just perpetuating the woman as sex object stereotype,and, as a woman, I certainly do not think this is a good thing. How about trying to use your mind? Bodies come and go.

6-05-2007 @ 7:10PM

Samantha said...

She can look cute at times...this isn't one of them. What an unfortunate picture for her cover.

6-05-2007 @ 8:18PM

Ray Arvizu said...

AMANDA BEARD IS A HOTTIE, AND SHE CAN SMOKE SOME OF YOU LOSERS ARE THERE! WHASDAMATTER WITH YOU?!? I AM BUYING THIS ISSUE, IT'S WORTH IT LIKE PAMELA & SABLE.