Amanda Beard Peta

Olympian Amanda Beard is featured naked in the new ad for the non-profit organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The ad features the two-time gold medalist posing nude knee deep in a pool of water with the slogan "Be Comfortable in Your Own Skin" printed across her. Alicia Silverstone and Eva Mendes have also posed nude for the campaign in the past.Los Angeles Times: Olympic Gold Medalist Amanda Beard Bares All for PETA (August 5, 2008)

"With Beijing hosting the 2008 Olympic Summer Games, Amanda's ad couldn't have come at a better time. An investigation into the fur industry in China, which is where most fur originates, revealed that minks, foxes, dogs, cats, and other animals are kept in tiny wire cages in all weather extremes."PETA: Take Action: Amanda Beard Poses Nude to Help Save Animals on Fur Farms—PETA Statement

"[T]o see animals … slaughtered to be worn as fashion is awful to me, so I'm definitely against wearing fur."—Amanda BeardLos Angeles Times: Olympic Gold Medalist Amanda Beard Bares All for PETA (August 5, 2008)