In addition to “nude” Olympian appearances in a recent Powerade campaign, Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard got “naked” for PETA in support of the organization’s Don’t Wear Fur campaign. Apparently her public appearance at a news conference in Bejing was too much for Chinese officials to handle who shut her down, reportedly, for safety reasons. She then moved to another location an unveiled the ad to the usual swarm of photographers and gawkers.
Likely, China isn’t so accepting of PETA’s freedom of speech-enabled mode of operation given that, according to PETA, Chinese fur farms aren’t the greatest places for a furry animal to find itself.
