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Beard married, baby due
2009-05-13 10:46
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Married and pregnant (File)
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New York - Amanda Beard is dripping from excitement.
The champion swimmer has revealed that she married her longtime boyfriend, photographer Sacha Brown, on May 1 in Wakatobi, an archipelago located in an area of southeastern Indonesia.
"It was absolutely perfect," Beard told
People on Tuesday of the couple's beach wedding held at sunset. "It was stress-free, and super low-key."
Beard, 27, and Brown, 34, met on a photoshoot and got engaged last Christmas.
The Olympic champ, who has seven medals (two gold) to her name, also told the mag that she is currently five and a half months pregnant with her first child. The couple is expecting a boy and Beard said the due date is in September.
While the pool is her second home, the Newport Beach, California, native said don't expect a water birth anytime soon.
Said Beard: "I want to do it the old-fashioned way - in a hospital, with all the technology!"
Beard was previously involved in a relationship with South Africa's Ryk Neethling and posed for Playboy in 2007.
Beard confirmed she is planning on competing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.