Alicia Machado
Alicia Machado is a beauty model, queen of the stage, as well as an actor. She was born Yoseph Alicia Machado at Maracay in Venezuela on the 6th of December 1976. Alicia comes from a diverse background with her father Spanish and her mother is from Cuban origin. The actress is well-known on beauty competitions and TV. Alicia Machado rose to fame after she was crowned Miss Venezuela at age 19 representing Yaracuy. The following year she was four-time Venezuelan woman to be crowned Miss Universe 1996. In her time being Miss Universe, however, was not without controversy and criticism from the media because of her weight gain during her tenure. Donald Trump who was the Miss Universe Organization's owner at the time, publicly mocked her for her weight increase. Trump addressed her as "Miss Piggy" and forced her to exercise in front of the journalists. The incident led to a heated conflict between Alicia Trump as well as Donald Trump.



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