Alicia Machado

Machado was born in Maracay, Venezuela. Her father was a toy store owner who emigrated from Spain and her mother's family emigrated from Cuba prior to the Cuban revolution.{{cite news|last1=Martin|first1=Lydia|title=Miss Universe, Sizing Up Her Reign|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1997/05/16/miss-universe-sizing-up-her-reign/4b76f45c-aaa9-4b44-8acf-39f2d4af7598/|access-date=3 October 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=16 May 1997}} Machado took to performing at an early age. She began dancing at age 4 and acting at age 12. Machado attended college for a year and half but left to pursue modeling and appearing in commercials.{{cite web|title=Biography of Alicia Machado|url=http://www.terra.com/musica/noticias/biografia_de_alicia_machado/oci64434|publisher=Terra|access-date=3 October 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://lasnoticiasmexico.com/55178.html|access-date=3 October 2016|title=Fotos Y Biografia De Alicia Machado En La Telenovela Amor Sin Maquillaje|archive-date=October 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009121456/http://lasnoticiasmexico.com/55178.html|url-status=dead}}

Machado won the 1995 Miss Maracay pageant, and then the 1995 Miss Venezuela pageant representing Yaracuy state and then the Miss Universe 1996 crown in Las Vegas. Early in her training, she refused plastic surgery recommended to her, notable in Venezuelan beauty pageant culture.{{cite news|last1=Stavans|first1=Ilan|title=Alicia Machado vs. Donald Trump's Machismo|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/03/opinion/alicia-machado-vs-donald-trumps-machismo.html|access-date=6 October 2016|work=The New York Times|date=2 October 2016}} The runner-up, Jacqueline Aguilera, also won the Miss World 1995 crown, marking the second time that two Venezuelans from the same pageant won two world titles. Machado's reign came as American businessman Donald Trump took ownership of the Miss Universe pageant. While preparing for Miss Universe, Machado underwent intense dieting. Machado said that, when she won, she weighed 116 pounds and was anorexic and bulimic.

During her reign as Miss Universe, Machado gained what she said was about 12 pounds in weight,{{cite news|last1=Barbaro|first1=Michael|last2=Twohey|first2=Megan|title=Shamed and Angry: Alicia Machado, a Miss Universe Mocked by Donald Trump|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/28/us/politics/alicia-machado-donald-trump.html|access-date=3 October 2016|work=The New York Times|date=27 September 2016}} drawing considerable press attention.{{cite news|last1=Winter|first1=Jessica|title=That Time Donald Trump Humiliated Miss Universe for Gaining Weight|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2016/05/17/when_donald_trump_humiliated_miss_universe_for_gaining_weight.html|access-date=3 October 2016|work=Slate|date=17 May 2016}} The President of Miss Universe Organization denied that the organization was considering replacing her with runner-up, Taryn Mansell of Aruba. After mounting pressure to lose weight from Trump and other pageant officials, Machado asked Trump to assist her with orienting toward a healthier lifestyle. Trump arranged for 80 reporters to "watch [her] sweat" in a gym, which Machado later called "in very bad taste". This scandal catapulted her directly to world fame, making her the most popular Miss Universe in history.{{cite web |title=¿Por qué Alicia Machado es la Miss Universo más famosa y la reina del escándalo?( Why is Alicia Machado the most famous Miss Universe and the queen of scandal?)) |url=https://ahoramismo.com/entretenimiento/2019/12/por-que-alicia-machado-es-la-miss-universo-mas-famosa-y-la-reina-del-escandalo/ |website=Ahoramismo.com|date=December 8, 2019 }}

In 1998 Machado had her first starring telenovela role as the title character in Samantha. In 2001, she had a small role on the international soap opera Secreto de Amor. During 2004–2005, she pursued a career as a TV commercial model with particular success in promoting a dieting product.

In 2005, Machado appeared on a Spanish reality show called La Granja de los celebrities, whose participation generated headlines in the press in Spain, Mexico, Miami and Venezuela, for having sex in front of the cameras with her partner on the program Fernando Acaso, while still engaged to Venezuelan baseball player Bob Abreu.{{cite web |title=Alicia, en programa de escándalo.In English:Alice, in scandal program |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/2005/05/09/0001/1065/9A7F92A79B7843FB8C45FB984047D2CD.html |website=Eluniverso.com|date=May 9, 2005 }}{{cite web |title=Ex novio habla del escándalo de Alicia Machado.In english:Ex-boyfriend talks about the Alicia Machado scandal |url=https://peopleenespanol.com/article/ex-novio-habla-del-escandalo-de-alicia-machado/ |website=Peopleenespanol.com}} On February 19, 2006, Machado debuted on the Mexican reality show Cantando Por Un Sueño ("Singing For A Dream").

Machado appeared in (and on the cover of) the February 2006 issue of Playboy magazine's Mexican edition, becoming the only Miss Universe to pose nude for that magazine.[http://womendiary.net/2006/02/06/alicia-machado-pose-for-playboy Alicia Machado Pose For Playboy] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060407013041/http://womendiary.net/2006/02/06/alicia-machado-pose-for-playboy |date=April 7, 2006 }} Machado was cast in the comedic soap opera Una familia con suerte where she played a woman who fell in love with her brother's enemy. The show began airing in Mexico in February 2011 and in the United States in October of that same year.{{cite news|last1=Pérez-Duthie|first1=Juan Carlos|title=On TV: Machado opens Una familia con suerte|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2011-10-20/elsentinel/fl-es-div1022machado-20111020_1_en-la-tv-compartimos-miss-universo|access-date=2 October 2016|publisher=Sun Sentinel|date=20 October 2011|archive-date=June 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626164423/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2011-10-20/elsentinel/fl-es-div1022machado-20111020_1_en-la-tv-compartimos-miss-universo|url-status=dead}} She again posed nude for the July 2010 issue of the Mexican edition of Playboy.{{cite news|title=Alicia Machado se desnuda para quejarse de Hugo Chávez|url=http://elcomercio.pe/luces/moda/alicia-machado-se-desnuda-quejarse-hugo-chavez-noticia-596049|access-date=25 October 2016|work=El Comercio|date=13 July 2010}}

On September 9, 2012, Machado was one of ten competitors on the third season of Mira Quien Baila. On November 18, 2012, Alicia won 3rd place in the 3rd season of Univision's dance competition Mira Quien Baila. In 2013, Machado starred as the protagonist of La Madame, a television serial produced by RTI Productions and RCN TV in Colombia. In February 2014, she joined Univision's beauty pageant Nuestra Belleza Latina 2014 as a mentor where she coach the participants on how to succeed in the modeling and television industry.

In 2017, she posed nude for PETA's "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur," ad campaign.Kate Feldman, "Alicia Machado strips down for PETA ad — ‘I'd rather go naked than wear fur’" [http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/alicia-machado-strips-peta-ad-article-1.3049238 New York Daily News], 12 April 2017.

In 2019 she was part of the cast of the play Divinas, she also participated in the Latin movie, He matado a mi marido ( I have killed my husband).{{cite web |author1=MARTHA CALVILLO |title=Divinas, una reflexión sobre el papel de la mujer |url=https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/divinas-una-reflexion-sobre-el-papel-de-la-mujer |website=www.milenio.com |date=January 30, 2019}}{{cite web |title=¡He matado a mi marido! |url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/es/film374101.html |website=filmaffinity}}

In 2021 she competed in the Colombian version of the MasterChef Celebrity{{cite news|date=February 6, 2021|title=Alicia Machado participa en "MasterChef Celebrity Colombia"|language=es|url=https://www.diariolasamericas.com/cultura/alicia-machado-participa-masterchef-celebrity-colombia-n4216051}}

On May 23, 2021, she premiered her celebrity interview show Whats Up Alicia, produced by Machado. It will initially be broadcast in Venezuela, through Venevisión, to later be launched in other countries in Latin America such as Mexico, and the United States.{{cite news|date=May 21, 2021|title=Alicia Machado muestra su faceta como entrevistadora en "Whats Up", de Venevisión / in English: Alicia Machado shows her facet as an interviewer in "Whats Up", from Venevisión|language=es|agency=El Universal|location=Caracas, Venezuela|url=https://www.eluniversal.com/entretenimiento/97650/alicia-machado-estrena-programa-whats-up-en-venevision|access-date=May 24, 2021}}

In 2021, Machado appeared as a contestant in the first season of the reality television series La casa de los famosos. She went on to win the competition with 40,586,129 votes.{{Cite news |title=Alicia Machado gana "La casa de los famosos" y $200 mil |language=Es |work=Diario las Américas |publication-date=November 16, 2021 |url=https://www.diariolasamericas.com/cultura/alicia-machado-gana-la-casa-los-famosos-y-200-mil-n4237002/amp |access-date=}} Subsequently, she appeared in the second and fifth seasons as a panelist on Sunday episodes, providing commentary on the events that took place throughout the week.{{cite web |title='La Casa de los Famosos' inaugura una edición especial los domingos |url=https://www.telemundo.com/entretenimiento/farandula/television/la-casa-de-los-famosos-inaugura-una-edicion-especial-los-domingos-en-v-rcna28730 |website=Telemundo |access-date=January 28, 2024 |language=es |date=May 13, 2022}}{{cite web|title=Maripily Rivera será panelista en La Casa de los Famosos All Stars|url=https://www.metro.pr/entretenimiento/2025/02/05/maripily-rivera-sera-panelista-en-la-casa-de-los-famosos-all-stars/|website=Metro Puerto Rico|access-date=February 4, 2025|language=es|date=February 4, 2025}}

In 2025, Machado joined Telemundo's beauty pageant Miss Universe Latina, el reality as a captain of Team Emerald, guiding the contestants based on her own experience.{{cite web |last1=González |first1=Moisés |title=Alicia Machado y más confirmados para el nuevo reality de Telemundo que sustituirá a LCDLF All-Stars |url=https://peopleenespanol.com/alicia-machado-mas-confirmados-nuevo-reality-telemundo-miss-universe-latina-11732790 |website=People en Español |access-date=13 May 2025 |language=es |date=12 May 2025}}

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In 1998, Machado publicly supported the presidential campaign of Henrique Salas Römer.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} In 2010 she criticized populist Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez in an interview with Playboy.

In July 2015, after Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign, Machado announced that she would publish a book detailing what she called his "abuses of power" and "racism".{{cite magazine|last1=Romero|first1=Angie|title=Ex-Miss Universe Alicia Machado to Write Book About Donald Trump's 'Abuses of Power' & 'Racism'|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/6627228/alicia-machado-donald-trump-book-former-miss-universe|access-date=6 October 2016|magazine=Billboard}} She said that, during her year as Miss Universe, Trump called her "Miss Piggy" because she gained weight and "Miss Housekeeping" because of her Hispanic background. Trump's spokeswoman denied that Trump had made those insults. Machado has repeatedly called Trump a "nazi rat", compared him to Hugo Chavez and Adolf Hitler, and said that he was capable of starting a new Holocaust.{{cite news|last1=Blakely|first1=Rhys|title=Subscribe {{!}} theaustralian|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/the-times/us-election-beauty-queen-could-tip-scales-for-hillary-clinton/news-story/bb4624a7e408e10e52b2116c02c85f42|access-date=25 October 2016|work=TheAustralian.com.au|date=29 September 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Paquette|first1=Danielle|title='Public slut-shaming' and Donald Trump's attack on a former Miss Universe's alleged sex history|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/09/30/public-slut-shaming-and-donald-trumps-attack-on-a-former-miss-universitys-alleged-sex-history/|access-date=7 October 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=30 September 2016}}{{cite news|title=Tras escándalo de Donald Trump, Alicia Machado lo compara con Hitler|url=http://www.publimetro.co/entretenimiento/tras-escandalo-de-donald-trump-alicia-machado-lo-compara-con-hitler/lmkofy!UYhgxGAp40D3Y/|access-date=6 October 2016|work=Publimetro|agency=Publimetro|date=25 June 2015|archive-date=October 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009133628/http://www.publimetro.co/entretenimiento/tras-escandalo-de-donald-trump-alicia-machado-lo-compara-con-hitler/lmkofy!UYhgxGAp40D3Y/|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Alicia Machado arremete contra Donald Trump|url=http://www.elnuevoherald.com/entretenimiento/article26940556.html|access-date=6 October 2016|work=elnuevoherald|agency=El Nuevo Herald}}

On September 26, 2016, Hillary Clinton brought up Machado's statements against Trump during the first presidential debate. The following day, Trump responded on Fox and Friends, describing Machado as "impossible" and saying that "she gained a massive amount of weight and it was a real problem. We had a real problem. Not only that, her attitude, and we had a real problem with her."{{cite web |last1=Diaz |first1=Daniella |last2=Merica |first2=Dan |title='Miss Universe' tearfully thanks Clinton for defense against Trump's 'Miss Piggy' remarks |work=CNN |date=September 27, 2016 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/27/politics/who-is-alicia-machado-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-presidential-debate/index.html |access-date=September 28, 2016}} Later that week, Trump made a series of tweets in which he called her "disgusting," condemned Clinton's judgement for not "checking her past", falsely claimed she had appeared in a "sex tape", and baselessly accused Clinton of using her influence to help Machado become an American citizen.[http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-bill-clinton-infidelity-campaign-issue/ Donald Trump says he'll make President Bill Clinton's infidelity a campaign issue], CBS News, 1 October 2016[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/09/30/trump-falsely-cites-sex-tape-in-latest-attack-against-former-miss-universe/ Trump bashes ‘disgusting’ former beauty queen Alicia Machado, accuses her of having ‘sex tape’], The Washington Post, 30 September 2016[https://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/trump-early-tweet-storm-alicia-machado-228947 Trump jumps into the gutter]. Louis Nelson, Politico, 30 September 2016[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/01/us/politics/donald-trump-alicia-machado.html As America Sleeps, Donald Trump Seethes on Twitter], The New York Times, 1 October 2016

The tweets were condemned in editorials in the Los Angeles Times[http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-trump-rants--20161004-snap-story.html Editorial: Dogged by tweets and taxes, Donald Trump proves yet again he's not fit to lead]. Los Angeles Times, 3 October 2016 and The Globe and Mail.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/the-real-donald-trump-everyone/article32176077/ The real Donald Trump, everyone]. The Globe and Mail, 2 October 2016 John Cassidy of The New Yorker wrote that Trump's "original comments about Machado reeked of sexism and racism" while his subsequent series of tweets "highlighted, anew, his impulsiveness and lack of discipline."John Cassidy, [http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/the-meaning-of-trumps-early-morning-tweet-storm The Meaning of Trump's Early-Morning Tweet Storm], The New Yorker, 30 September 2016. The following day, Clinton telephoned Machado to thank her for her support.{{cite news|title=Campaign 2016 updates: Donald Trump discusses campaign, immigrants in video deposition over hotel dispute|url=http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-live-updates-trailguide-hillary-clinton-phones-former-miss-1475259238-htmlstory.html|access-date=6 October 2016|work=Los Angeles Times|date=30 September 2016}}

Beginning in June 2016, Machado publicly campaigned in support of Hillary Clinton.{{cite news |last1=Mason |first1=Melanie |last2=Carcamo |first2=Cindy |date=27 September 2016 |title=Alicia Machado, former Miss Universe insulted by Trump, emerges as forceful Clinton ally |work=Los Angeles Times|url=http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-alicia-machado-trump-20160927-snap-story.html |access-date=28 September 2016}}Barbaro, Michael (September 27, 2016). [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/28/us/politics/alicia-machado-donald-trump.html "Shamed and Angry: Alicia Machado, a Miss Universe Mocked by Donald Trump"]. The New York Times. The Clinton campaign coordinated many of her media appearances, featured her in two online advertisements, and used her to introduce Clinton at a campaign rally.{{cite news|last1=Chozick|first1=Amy|last2=Grynbaum|first2=Michael M.|title='She Has a Name,' Alicia Machado, and It Is Everywhere|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/29/us/politics/alicia-machado-presidential-race.html|work=The New York Times|date=28 September 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Alba|first1=Monica|title=Clinton and Alicia Machado make case against Trump|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/clinton-alicia-machado-make-case-against-trump-n676511|access-date=1 November 2016|work=NBC News|date=1 November 2016}}

In 1998, a Venezuelan judge accused Machado of threatening to kill him while he was presiding over a case against her then-boyfriend for attempted murder. Machado was also accused of driving the boyfriend's getaway car. Machado denied both accusations and was never charged with a crime. The controversy caused a media sensation in Venezuela unseen since the conviction of President Carlos Andres Perez.{{cite news|last1=Kraul|first1=Chris|last2=Mogollon|first2=Mery|title=Trump says former Miss Universe was tied to a murder attempt. So what did happen in Venezuela?|date=2 October 2016|url=http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-alicia-machado-20161002-snap-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times}}{{cite news|last1=Chozick|first1=Amy|last2=Grynbaum|first2=Michael M.|title='She Has a Name,' Alicia Machado, and It Is Everywhere|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/29/us/politics/alicia-machado-presidential-race.html?_r=0|work=The New York Times|date=28 September 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Carcamo|first1=Cindy|last2=Mason|first2=Melanie|title=Alicia Machado, former Miss Universe insulted by Trump, emerges as forceful Clinton ally|url=http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-alicia-machado-trump-20160927-snap-story.html|access-date=18 November 2016|work=Los Angeles Times|date=27 September 2016}}{{cite news|title=BBC News {{!}} World {{!}} Beauty queen in attempted murder trial|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/50862.stm|access-date=28 September 2016|work=news.bbc.co.uk|date=27 January 1998}}{{cite news|last1=Gutkin|first1=Steven|title=Ex-Ms. Universe Accused of Threat|url=https://apnews.com/d65cc3f9dbf8d64445e420ccedcd3a5a |access-date=28 September 2016|website=apnewsarchive.com|agency=AP|date=February 5, 1998}}[http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ex-miss-universe-stars-in-real-life-venezuela-soap.aspx?pageID=438&n=ex-miss-universe-stars-in-real-life-venezuela-soap-1998-02-07 Ex-Miss Universe stars in real-life Venezuela soap] Reuters, via Hurriyet Daily News, 2/7/1998{{cite news|title=ALICIA MACHADO AMENAZA DE MUERTE A JUEZ - Archivo Digital de Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo desde 1.990 - eltiempo.com|url=http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-808223|access-date=28 September 2016|work=El Tiempo|date=6 Feb 1998}}{{cite news|title=Alicia in the big city|url=http://www.economist.com/node/604213|access-date=28 September 2016|newspaper=The Economist|date=19 Feb 1998}}{{cite news|title=ALICIA MACHADO ES SAMANTHA: - Archivo Digital de Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo desde 1.990 - eltiempo.com|url=http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-769061|access-date=28 September 2016|issue=28 Feb 1998}}

Machado once dated professional baseball player Bobby Abreu; the couple later split, calling off their engagement.Jesse Sanchez, [http://mlb.mlb.com/news/print.jsp?ymd=20060612&content_id=1501609&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb&fext=.jsp 'Comedulce' a hero in his country: Phillies' Abreu often underrated in the United States], MLB.com (June 12, 2006).Mike Berardino, [https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2005/05/15/mom-this-homer-is-for-you/ Mom, this homer is for you], Orlando Sentinel (May 15, 2005).

In 2010, responding to being mocked on Twitter after mistakenly referring to North and South Korea as China, Machado closed her Twitter account and wrote, "I now have a lot of psychopaths on the account and it's best I start another one, kisses."{{cite web |title=Venezuelan beauty queen stumbles over Korea crisis|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/oukoe-uk-korea-north-venezuela-idAFTRE6AN67020101124|date=November 24, 2010}}

Machado has one daughter. In 2013, after being diagnosed with breast cancer, Machado underwent a double mastectomy.{{cite news|title=Alicia Machado: su lucha al descubrir que tenía cáncer (VIDEO)|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/16/alicia-machado-cancer-seno-mama-doble-mastectomia_n_4613141.html|access-date=6 October 2016|work=The Huffington Post|date=16 January 2014}}

In May 2016, Machado became a U.S. citizen.Bruces, Rubén (May 20, 2016) [https://archive.today/20160525124602/http://www.reporte1.com/2.0/en-hora-buena-alicia-machado-obtuvo-la-ciudadania-americana/ "¡En hora buena! Alicia Machado obtuvo la ciudadanía americana"]

In June 2019 in statements to the Hispanic show business program, Suelta la sopa, she talked about her bisexuality, claiming to have had girlfriends.{{cite web |title=Alicia Machado bisexual? These were her statements./¿Alicia Machado bisexual? Estas fueron sus declaraciones». |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fyugtoP3Mg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/2fyugtoP3Mg |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|website=Youtube.com| date=June 10, 2019 }}{{cbignore}}

Machado both wrote and produced her debut album, unusual in the genre.{{cite news|title=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mxAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42|access-date=29 October 2016|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|date=24 April 2004|language=en}}

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