Olympic Swimmer Amanda Beard Strips for PETA

Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard will show off more than her athletic skills at the Beijing Olympics this week.

The 26-year-old, who did a nude photo shoot in Playboy in 2007, stars in a PETA ad that debuts Wednesday at the Beijing games, Reuters reports.

“Seeing animals slaughtered to be worn as fashion is awful to me, so I’m definitely against wearing fur ... I’d much rather go naked than ever put a dead animal on my body,” PETA quoted Beard as saying.

Beard came to prominence at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics at age 14 when she took her teddy bear with her to the victory podium.

She won gold in the 200m breaststroke at the Athens Olympics in 2004. The 2008 games will be her fourth shot at gold.

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Miss Texas Crystle Stewart Wins Miss USA Crown

26-year old Crystle Stewart took home the jewels last night at the 57th annual Miss USA pageant.

The professional model also owns her own business, 'Inside/Out' which helps boost young women's self esteem.

This year's pageant went off without a hitch, and without any big flubs like last year's final question with Miss South Carolina, Caitlin Upton.

Judges included Heather Mills, Rob Schneider, Joey Fatone, Kristian Alfonso, Amanda Beard, Christian Siriano, Shawn "Lights Out" Merriman, Ken Paves, Kelly Carlson, Robert Earl, and George Wayne.

Also in the competition was Chace Crawford's sister, Candice Crawford representing Missouri in the pageant. She made it to the Top 10, but did not advance to the next round.

Honorable mention goes to Miss Oklahoma Lindsey Jo Harrington. That girl had one fierce walk!

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More photos from the 2008 Miss USA Pageant (Kelly Carlson, Amanda Beard, Rob Schneider, Shawn Merriman, Kristian Alfonso, Ken Paves, Miss Oklahoma, Caitlin Upton) after the jump.

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