Amanda Beard

Arizona's Kait Flederbach was right behind in 25.38, followed by her teammate Margo Geer in 25.91. Meanwhile, Phoenix Swim Club's Roland Schoeman got his hand on the wall first in the men's 50 free shootout, 22.38 to 22.59 over Tucson Ford's Matt Grevers.  

Olympic Swimmer Amanda Beard Confesses To Cutting, Bulimia ... amanda beard's playboy pics,amanda beard and playboy and pics,amanda beard nude pics playboy,amanda beard playboy pics nude Former Olympic ...  

DrunkenStepfather amanda beard nude playboy pics,nude amanda beard playboy pics,july playboy pics amanda beard forum,forum amanda beard leaked playboy pics A link to an external website Amanda Beard Playboy ...  

In a book released today, Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard discusses her battles with bulimia, self mutilation and depression. The book, titled In the Water They Can’t See You Cry, is Beard’s first memoir. As a longtime swimmer and now coach, I’ve grown ...  

My Sports Talk: Amanda Beard#39;s Playboy pics are out... amanda beard and playboy pics,playboy amanda beard pics,amanda beard free playboy pics,leaked amanda beard playboy pics The emplayboy/em magazine ...  

Access HollywoodOlympian Amanda Beard Details Dark Times In New MemoirAccess HollywoodThe memoir details Amanda's incredible Olympic career, but also, the dark times that included bulimia, cutting and drug use. “I think it started with my parents' divorce,” Amanda told Billy Bush and Kit Hoover on Thursday's Access Hollywood Live.and more »  

Calories don't count on vacation, right? (Laughs.) Q. What kind of research do you do before you go away on a trip? A. I do a good amount of research checking reviews on hotels and finding good deals, but once I get to my destination I try to ...  

April 12   7 p.m.  Book Soup presents Unstuck, a new literary annual, with readings from authors Aimee Bender, Rachel Swirsky, and Marisa Matarazzo. April 12  7 p.m. The Aloud Series at the Central Library presents “Concrete Rivers ...  

Breaking up was hard to do for swimmer Amanda BeardMontreal Gazette (blog)In the book, Beard writes about her drinking problems, which she says began in high school while living in a broken home, and also details her struggles with depression, bulimia, drugs and failed relationships. One of those failed relationships was ...  

In the Water They Can’t See You Cry by Amanda Beard is an honest look inside one of America’s Olympic prodigies. If you are a fan of the Olympic games, swimming, or Amanda herself, this memoir is a must read.Contributor: Sheri NewtonPublished: May 09, 2012  

New York, NY, May 17, 2012 --(PR.com)-- This Friday evening, May 18th from 10PM to 11PM NYC Media will present a one hour special of PROFILES with back to back episodes beginning a 10PM. At 10PM PROFILES host Mickey Burns sits down with beautiful actress ...  

"This is all from my point of view and the things that I was going through. A lot of people do have relationship issues and they can't find their voice. I couldn't not talk about the things that I felt with other people. Those are big chunks of my life."  

As a freshman, she caught the eye of South African swimming star Ryk Neethling, a senior on the Wildcats' team. They began a volatile relationship that lasted through the 2004 Athens Olympics. Beard writes how the couple had "loud screaming mean ...  

Beard writes how in college she once vomited seven times in one day despite ... who comes off as controlling and jealous in the book. She writes that while their sex life sizzled, Edwards tried to control her, ordering her not to talk to other ...  

Behind the golden-girl veneer, Beard was fighting demons all too common among the child-star set—parent's divorce, heightened outside expectations, parasitic companions and a crippling lack of self-worth. So Beard turned to vice. Alcohol and drug abuse ...  

Can Olympian Amanda Beard be called a role model for women? Some would say no. I, however, must disagree. Beard is a seven-time Olympic medalist, and she won her first medal and became an instant celebrity as a 14-year-old at the 1996 Olympic Games.  

Olympic gold medalist and model Amanda Beard confesses to self-mutilation, bulimia and depression in a harrowing new memoir coming out April 3. In her book, In the Water They Can't See You Cry, the 30-year old Olympic swimmer describes how her parents ...  

Swimmer Amanda Beard waves to the crowd after setting a world record in the women's 200 meter breaststroke at the U.S. Olympic swim trials in Long Beach, Calif., in 2004. Beard's new book, "In The Water They Can't See You Cry," details her ...  

FORT WORTH, Texas — Carl Edwards said he “absolutely” disputes claims by Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard that the NASCAR driver was controlling and jealous during their yearlong relationship. Edwards said Friday he was surprised by what his ...  

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 3. DEBUTING today in the Swimming World Swim Shop is the new book by four-time Olympian Amanda Beard, titled In the Water They Can't See You Cry. In this candid and ultimate...  

Amanda Beard admits to bulmia, self-mutilation 30 year old Amanda Beard, winner of 7 Olympic medals for swimming, has confessed to being bulimic with an addiction to self-mutilation. In her soon-to-be-released memoir, “In the Water They Can’t See You Cry”, [...]  

Olympic gold medalist and model Amanda Beard confesses to self-mutilation, bulimia and depression in a harrowing new memoir coming out April 3. In her book, In the Water They Can't See You Cry, the 30-year old Olympic swimmer describes how her ...  

Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard is taking no prisoners in her new memoir. That includes herself. AMANDA BEARD:  Swimmer confesses to self-mutilation Besides admitting to self-destructive behavior she is also writing about her poor choice in men. Most ...  

FORT WORTH, Texas — Carl Edwards disagrees with assertions by Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard that the NASCAR driver was controlling and jealous during their yearlong relationship. Edwards said Friday he was puzzled by what his former girlfriend ...  

FORT WORTH, Texas - Carl Edwards disagrees with assertions by Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard that the NASCAR driver was controlling and jealous during their yearlong relationship. Edwards said Friday he was puzzled by what his former girlfriend ...  

I could feel it coming. An angry, pulsing energy started to grow inside me. Sitting on the edge of the bathtub, I tried to zone out to the symmetry of the white subway tiles lining the wall in front of my face. But it always came too fast. I knew that.  

Amanda Beard is happily married and a proud mom, finally at peace after years of struggling at various times with depression, bulimia, drug abuse and toxic relationships with famous men while feeling unworthy of the swimming success that made her an ...  

Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard and NASCAR driver Carl Edwards dated for a about a year from 2005-2006. Judging by her new book, “In the Water They Can’t See You Cry,” it sounds like the relationship was far from a healthy one. According to Beard ...  

Although there were no NASCAR races planned for the weekend of April 7 and April 8, there was still enough drama to keep fans occupied. Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard has released a book, "In the Water They Can't See You Cry," that provides details about her ...  

In 245 pages, the swimmer admits drinking alcohol at her first Olympics (in Atlanta at age 14), and later: bulimia, cutting herself, depression, taking cocaine, acid, and ecstasy with ex-boyfriend and Olympic swimmer Ryk Neethling of South Africa ...  

Damn the media! Former Olympic swimmer, Amanda Beard, was on the Today show yesterday and revealed just how damaging the media has been to her, causing her to become bulimic, depressed, a drug user and a cutter–all because she was trying to live up to ...  

One week after the release of swimmer Amanda Beard's autobiography in which she portrayed ex-boyfriend Carl Edwards as controlling, self-absorbed and jealous, the NASCAR driver met with the media Friday at Texas Motor Speedway to discuss Beard's comments.  

Even Gold Medalist Amanda Beard Has IssuesThe Female FanThe world thought that Amanda Beard had it all. But on the inside, it was all falling apart. Like so many of us, Amanda felt the pressure to live up to a media ideal. That pressure led her to depression, which led to cutting and disordered eating to ...  

Amanda Beard, Carl Edwards and Edwards' mother in happier times (Getty)In her book that was released Tuesday, gold medal winning swimmer Amanda Beard detailed her year-long relationship with Carl Edwards six years ago, saying that Edwards "only wanted to ...  

Swimmer Amanda Beard, already a seven-time Olympic medalist, is going for her fifth Summer Games at the age of 30. A married mother of a 2-year-old son, Beard's life has changed dramatically since she made her Olympic debut as a 14-year-old at the 1996 ...  

Swimmer Amanda Beard hopes to make a splash for Olympic gold. “Hopefully!” Beard told the Track, when asked if she’ll head to the London Olympics this summer. “At the Olympic trials, I’ll swim the 100 and 200 meter breaststroke, and what you have ...  

Swimmer Amanda Beard promised honesty in her much-anticipated memoir. She delivers in her unflinching, "In the Water They Can't See You Cry."  

Olympic gold medalist and model Amanda Beard confesses to self-mutilation, bulimia and depression in a harrowing new memoir coming out April 3.  

Anytime you let loose any sort of personal information about yourself, it's a nerve-wracking experience because you are being completely open and honest with people and they can interpret things however they want. Of course I'm nervous of how people are ...  

When Amanda Beard climbed the podium at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, clutching her teddy bear as she collected her first gold medal, no one could see the ... Beard said she decided to reveal her darkest secrets in the hope that it might help someone else.  

WHAT: Signing her new memoir, "In the Water They Can't See You Cry." WHEN: 8 p.m. Wednesday. WHERE: Bookends, 211 E. Ridgewood Ave., Ridgewood; 201-445-0726 or book-ends.com. FOR MORE INFORMATION: amandabeard.net. It's not the typical book-tour demand.  

This week Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard, who first competed at the age of 14 in Atlanta in 1996, shares her struggles with bulimia, drug and alcohol abuse, and self-harm. Looking back, I think my life story is very real. I have struggled with ...  

Former Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard details her relationship and subsequent break-up with Carl Edwards in her new book, “In the Water They Can't See You Cry.” Among her descriptions are painting Edwards as self-absorbed, insanely jealous and controlling.  

Casting directors searching for the next Superwoman should probably scout in Irvine. That is the home of four time Olympian, swimming gold medalist, best selling author, wife and mother Amanda Beard. While many other athletes training for their fifth ...  

Carl Edwards says he's unsure why Amanda Beard had so many critical things to say about their relationship in her current book. Edwards, who dated the Olympic swimmer before marrying his wife Kate, was surprised by the many things Beard said about their time together.  

There might not be a better athlete to come from Irvine than Amanda Beard, not when you consider her accomplishments ... "I went too deep this time." Beard said her reasons for writing the book were both therapeutic for herself and in an effort ...  

Lochte was 12th in the fly at 54.41 and 13th in the freestyle at 50.51. Dana Vollmer earned the top seed in the women's 100 fly and 100 free. Four-time Olympian Amanda Beard qualified third in the 200 breaststroke, and 2008 Olympian Katie Hoff ...  

After falling to the rear of the field because of a loose lug nut on an early pit stop, Carl Edwards rallied from 30th to finish eighth Saturday night at Texas Motor Speedway. And he did it without the benefit of a caution flag. Carl Edwards is ...  

Access HollywoodAmanda Beard Opens Up On Her Troubled PastAccess HollywoodUnder the Streetlamp is four young guys bringing early rock 'n roll, doo wop and Motown classics to a new generation. Their self-titled CD and DVD are a centerpiece of PBS pledge drives across the country, and today, they visit Access Hollywood Live to ...and more »  

In Amanda Beard's candid tell-all, you find that the smiling, 30-year-old looking to swim in her fifth Olympics has come a long way from the generally depressed version that found fame in her teens. Beard made her Olympics debut at age 14 during ...  

USA TODAYOlympic medalist Amanda Beard struggled with self-image, depressionLos Angeles Daily NewsShe was diagnosed with depression and began taking Cymbalta, which is used to treat depression and anxiety, though she is no longer on the drug. Beard believes therapy was the turning point for her since she began to learn how to open up about what she ...Olympic champion shares struggle to be 'beautiful, thin and perfect'msnbc.com (blog)all 14...  

"She's a mother. She's a wife, and she's someone that I cared about. And if down the road she ever needs something from me, she's got it." Beard reveals in her book that she began drinking in high school to cope with her upbringing in a broken ...  

If you'd like to meet Amanda Beard, she'll be signing books tonight at 7 p.m. at the Barnes and Noble on 3rd St in Santa Monica. The book is available online and in book stores everywhere. For more info, you can go to http://amandabeard.net/.  

Go Away With ... Amanda BeardChicago TribuneSwimmer Amanda Beard won her first Olympic gold medal in 1996 at the summer games in Atlanta. Now 30, the swimming champion -- who has won seven medals at the Olympics -- is hoping to bring home more gold for the United States in her fifth consecutive ...  

Recently, she spoke with me at PIX11 NEWS for a segment narrated by Sukanya Krishnan and showed the same unflinching frankness that characterizes her book. Thje segment is a brief, but fascinating glimpse into the personality of a star athlete ...  

Amanda Beard, who won a gold medal at the US Olympics, has revealed how she has battled with bulimia and self-mutilation during her astonishing rise to the top. The teenage Olympic sensation, a seven-time Olympic medallist, has spoken out about ...  

Teenage Olympic sensation Amanda Beard has revealed how she has battled with bulimia and self-mutilation during her astonishing rise to the top. The 30-year-old swimmer - a seven-time Olympic medalist - has spoken out about her personal demons for the ...  

#amandabeard So Amanda Beard's cheerily titled memoir In the Water They Can't See You Cry hits bookshelves this Tuesday and it's a doozy, according to the Daily News, chronicling the swimmer's struggles to cope with the pressures of Olympic competition as mere 14-year-old and her parents' divorce. Oh yeah, and at 21, as a way to externalize the pressures bearing down on her in her personal and...  

I knew immediately. Something was wrong. The calm that usually washed over me as soon as I made my light little cuts with their delicate beads of blood was replaced by a new fear. In the moment when thinking was not possible and the energy took over ...  

Amanda Beard was America's sweetheart  in the pool when she burst onto the competitive swimming stage at the 1996 Olympics when she was just 14. But life was anything but sweet for Amanda, whose horrifying memoir, In the Water They Can't See ...  

Amanda Beard, left, talks in her book about being initially interested in then-boyfriend Carl Edwards' NASCAR lifestyle, but that quickly fizzled. (AP Photo) In her memoir, “In the Water They Can’t See You Cry,” Beard describes Edwards as ...  

During her teens and 20's the clinically depressed Beard became bulimic (an eating disorder characterized by binge eating, then purging), abused drugs and alcohol and began cutting herself with a razor.  

I was going to scream my head off ... I made the small lines as I had done so many times before. I didn’t have to press hard, only run the razor across my skin as lightly as a blade of grass moving across the leg of a child running through ...  

Beard wrote that their relationship ended because of a lack of communication ... Edwards said that when he heard that Beard was writing a book, he thought “good for her, that’s awesome.” “All of the correspondence we have ever had ...  

Chicago TribuneBeard recounts life struggles in new bookESPNAP Amanda Beard is happily married and a proud mom, finally at peace after years of struggling at various times with depression, bulimia, drug abuse and toxic relationships with famous men while feeling unworthy of the swimming success that made her an ...Olympic medalist Amanda Beard struggled with self-image, depressionLong Beach Press-TelegramOlympic swimmer discusses personal...  

Who: About 900 swimmers. Women include Missy Franklin, Dara Torres, Amanda Beard, Katie Hoff, Dana Vollmer. Men include Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Brendan Hansen, Nathan Adrian, Anthony Ervin. Phelps watch: Today, 100 freestyle and 100 ...  

Police 'raids' turn out to be a big jokeThis is SomersetPicture by Jennie Banks FASHION POLICE: Amanda Beard of the Western Gazette is apprehended in a charity stunt on the grounds of her love of Doctor Marten boots. Picture by Len Copland LOCKED UP: Amanda Beard, head of circulation at the Western Gazette, ...  

Why Would You Want To Cut Yourself?Huffington Post (blog)It's a question I asked myself over and over again before meeting Amanda Beard. You might know her as the gold medalist Olympic swimmer, but on the day we were hosting an event for her at Equinox, she was just another mom talking to other moms about ...and more »  

Tribeca Film Festival: MondaySeattle Post IntelligencerAmanda Beard (R) attends the CHANEL Tribeca Film Festival artisits dinner at The Odeon in New York City. Photo: Getty Images North America / SL Julia Restoin-Roitfeld attends the CHANEL Tribeca Film Festival artisits dinner at The Odeon in New York ...and more »  

Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard overcomes her self destructive behavior in this week's human factor, Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports  

The NASCAR star took the high road Friday in reacting to Olympic swimmer and ex-girlfriend Amanda Beard's portrayal of him in her memoir.  

Olympic gold medalist Amanda Beard speaks with CBS 2's Chris Wragge about her book "In The Water They Can't See You Cry."