Alicia Machado
Yoseph Machado Fajardo, a Venezuelan-American actress and TV host was born on the 6th of December, 1976. She also has beauty queen, Miss Venezuela 1995, and Miss Universe 1996. She was the fourth person from Venezuela to be named Miss Universe.Machado was born in Maracay, Venezuela. Her father was a toy store owner who emigrated from Spain and her family relocated from Cuba before the Cuban revolution.Machado began performing in the early years of her life. She began dancing at age four and began acting at 12.Machado went to college for a year and half but left to pursue modeling and appearing in commercials.Machado was crowned the winner of the 1995 Miss Maracay pageant, and later she won the 1995 Miss Venezuela pageant representing Yaracuy state and then she won the Miss Universe 1996 crown in Las Vegas. In her early days of training, she resisted plastic surgery recommended to her and was a notable figure for her in Venezuelan beauty pageant culture. The second-place winner, Jacqueline Aguilera, also took home the Miss World 1995 crown, making it the second time two Venezuelans from the same pageant took home two world titles. Machado's reign started when American businessman Donald Trump took ownership of the Miss Universe pageant. Machado had to shed pounds in preparation for Miss Universe. Machado claimed that when she won the contest, she weighed 116 pounds and was anorexic and bulimic.
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