Olympic swimming star and Playboy model Amanda Beard has confirmed her engagement to photographer Sacha Brown.  The couple met at a photo shoot three years ago.  Beard revealed that she and Sacha got engaged on Christmas morning and they are thrilled.  Said she, “Basically, it rocks.”

The 27 year old athletic superstar has participated in four Olympic games and has won a total of seven medals.  Her first games were at age 14 in 1996.

Beard jumped on the anti-fur campaign for PETA in 2008, posing nude in front of an incorrectly hung American flag.  Check out more photos, taken by Sacha on their Brown Beard website here.

More photos below.

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