Alicia Machado

Alicia Machado was born Yoseph Alicia Machado Fajardo in Maracay, Aragua State, Venezuela on December 6, 1976 to a Cuban father and a Spanish mother. She started out studying classical ballet and contemporary dance, then went on to Administrative Sciences. After winning the Miss Venezuela 1995 pageant while representing Yaracuy State, she advanced to the 1996 Miss Universe pageant, that was held in Las Vegas that year, and won the competition, the fourth Venezuelan to win the top honor. After her victory, she was asked what she would do, and replied "Eat!" Gaining weight after her win, Alicia was disappointed when Kellogg's withdrew a planned production of their Special K cereal which was to feature her photograph. The owner of the Miss Universe pageant, Donald Trump, called her an eating machine, saying that winners had an obligation to stay in a perfect physical state. Warned that she would lose her title, she was assisted by an aerobics instructor to lose the required weight, and was ultimately successful.

Alicia went on to a minor television acting career (the telenovela "Samata") from which she won a best actress award. She later attempted a musical career, appearing at the 2004 Miss Venezuela pageant as an honored guest performer. Controversy continued to surround her, including an alleged rivalry between her and another former Miss Universe and then the breakup of her engagement to a major-league baseball star in 2005 after she appeared on a Spanish television version of "Big Brother" with another man. She continued to work as a television commercial model, with some success promoting a dietary product. In February 2006, Alicia became the first Miss Universe to appear on the cover of the Mexican edition of Playboy. That same month, she debuted on the Mexican reality show "Singing For A Dream."

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