Alicia Machado
Alicia Machado is a beauty queen, model, actress and performer. Her birth name is Yoseph Alicia Machado at Maracay in Venezuela on the 6th of December the 6th of December, 1976. Alicia is of mixed blood. His father is Spanish as was her mother Cuban. She has been a major player in television, film and beauty contests all her existence. Alicia Machado began her rise to stardom when, at 19, she won the title of Miss Venezuela representing Yaracuy. Machado was crowned Miss Universe 1996 one year following her crowning Miss Venezuela, becoming four-time Venezuelan winning the award. However, her reign being Miss Universe was marred by controversy and negative media attention due to her gaining weight throughout her time as Miss Universe. Donald Trump who was the Miss Universe Organization's CEO at the time, publicly mocked her for the weight increase. He insulted her by calling her "Miss Piggy" and forced her to do exercises in front of journalists. This incident led to a lengthy dispute with Alicia with Trump.
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