FHM Declares Amanda Beard the World's Sexiest Athlete; ``My Goal is to Definitely Compete at The Beijing Olympics in 2008''.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- "I've still got skills. I've got mad skills! I'm still motivated to swim," says the world's sexiest athlete Amanda Beard Amanda Ray Beard (born October 29, 1981 in Newport Beach, California) is an American Olympic swimmer and model. Beard made her first Olympic appearance at the 1996 games at the age of 14. in the August issue of FHM FHM For Him Magazine FHM Fachhochschule München (Munich University of Applied Sciences, Germany) FHM Forest Health Monitoring FHM Familial Hemiplegic Migraine FHM Funeral Home Marker (genealogy) , adding, "the one place I feel completely at home is in the water. I might as well be a mermaid. I've been doing it for 20 years now, and it still feels good, so yeah, my goal is to definitely compete at the Beijing Olympics in 2008." Not only is she the world's sexiest athlete according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. FHM, she's the "Tiger Woods  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled. of swimming." She gets a cool $15,000 per speaking engagement, has signed a $1 million contract to advertise Speedo's Axcelerate line, has endorsement deals with Oroweat Bread, Red Bull and Penta water Penta® Water (sometimes called AquaRx™ Water) is a commercially sold brand of bottled water that is claimed by its manufacturer to be structurally different from 'normal' water. , and a signature line of fragrance products - resulting in potential earnings of $100 million by 2010. "I've been asked to do a couple of reality shows. I'm not really ready for that kind of stuff yet, because it cuts into my training, and I don't want to be known as a 'has-been.' The Surreal Life wanted me. I think it's a hilarious show and I love watching it, but wait until I have some crazy meltdown at a race first." As for her relationship with NASCAR's Carl Edwards, Beard says, "I had liked NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. for a long time, but obviously while I was dating Carl I had more of an emotional attachment to it, more of a 'please don't crash and die' kind of attachment. Like, when I'm swimming, and I'm competing, I don't even care. I'm completely calm, but when I was with Carl, I was a nervous wreck every race. I don't run the risk of dying while I'm swimming. So after the race, I was always like, 'OK, it was a good race because you're alive.'" As for the break-up, Beard says, "I'm a really laid-back, chilled-out person. I'm a surfer girl from Southern California, and when you date a race car driver, there's so much stress. Race-car drivers are too intense for me." Regarding her reign as the world's sexiest athlete, Beard tells FHM, "I can't stop laughing every time I hear someone call me the World's Sexiest Athlete. I don't look in the mirror and go, 'Wow, I'm sexy.'" Beard is featured on the cover of FHM and inside the pages of the magazine in an 8-page photo portfolio by Douglas Bizzaro and Elizabeth Moss. |
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