Amber Heard's Texas childhood - pageants, hunting and pal's tragic death at 16
dailystar.co.ukAmber Heard is one of the most talked-about names in showbiz right now, as she continues to wage war against ex-husband Johnny Depp.Their battle has been so huge and all-consuming that you’d be forgiven for forgetting that anything came before their ill-fated marriage.But at 36, plenty of things have already happened in the life of Amber Heard - including a childhood filled with things out of the ordinary ranging from bold acts of defiance to harrowing loss.She was born and raised outside of Austin, Texas to parents Patricia Paige and David Clinton Heard.At the age of 17, she moved to LA to follow her dream of acting off the back of her teenage years filled with books.
But before this, some remarkable things happened in her life.Read on for everything you need to know about the childhood of Amber Heard.
As a teenager in Austin, Heard became fascinated with a number of philosophers and authors, including George Orwell, says Wonderland.Although now she's more likely to be spotted on the cover of glossy magazines, Amber Heard is the daughter of a man who broke in horses when he wasn't working in construction, taking little Amber out into the wild in youth. “I was his hunting and fishing buddy,” she told Glamour Magazine.As a child, Amber Heard would compete in beauty pageants in an effort to raise money for her family.According to Glamour magazine, they didn’t have a load of cash and she would go around looking to raise for her promotional materials.Now though, she doesn’t agree with the pageants she used to take part in.
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