Priscila Machado

{{Short description|Brazilian model, Miss Brasil 2011 (born 1986)}}

{{Infobox pageant titleholder

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|title = Miss Rio Grande do Sul
Miss Brazil 2011

|competitions = Miss Brazil 2011
(Winner)
Miss Universe 2011
(2nd Runner-Up)

|birth_place = Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

|name = Priscila Machado

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|1|4}}

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|eye_color = Brown

|hair_color = Brown

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Priscila Machado (born 4 January 1986) is a Brazilian TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Brazil 2011. She represented Brazil in Miss Universe 2011 where she placed 2nd Runner-Up.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

Personal life

Machado was born in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul in 1986. She has dated with the Brazilian swimmer and gold medalist in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, César Cielo.{{cite web|url=http://extra.globo.com/famosos/miss-priscila-machado-assume-namoro-com-cesar-cielo-estamos-felizes-4008038.html |title=Miss Priscila Machado assume namoro com Cesar Cielo: 'Estamos felizes' – Famosos – Extra Online |language=pt |publisher=Extra.globo.com |date=8 February 2011 |access-date=29 September 2012}}[http://noticias.bol.uol.com.br/entretenimento/2012/10/05/cesar-cielo-termina-namoro-com-ex-miss-brasil-diz-jornal.jhtm Cesar Cielo termina namoro com ex-miss Brasil, diz jornal] BOL. 5 October 2012.

Priscila Machado became host of the Bola Divida station's RedeTV.

Pageantry

=Miss Brasil 2011=

Machado was not a favorite for the Miss Brasil 2011 title; however, she advanced to the final stage on 23 July and was crowned as the most beautiful woman in the country,{{cite web |url=http://jovempan.uol.com.br/entretenimento/todas/2011/07/gaucha-priscila-machado-vence-o-miss-brasil-2011.html |title=Jovem Pan Online: Gaúcha Priscila Machado vence o Miss Brasil 2011 |publisher=Jovempan.uol.com.br |date=24 July 2011 |access-date=29 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325065545/http://jovempan.uol.com.br/entretenimento/todas/2011/07/gaucha-priscila-machado-vence-o-miss-brasil-2011.html |archive-date=25 March 2012 |url-status=dead }} winning the eleventh title for Rio Grande do Sul and expanding the advantage of the state as the biggest winner in the history of the pageant.{{cite web|author=Olá |url=http://entretenimento.r7.com/moda-e-beleza/noticias/gauchas-ampliam-supremacia-no-miss-brasil-20110724.html |title=Gaúchas ampliam supremacia no Miss Brasil – Moda e Beleza – R7 |publisher=Entretenimento.r7.com |date=24 July 2011 |access-date=29 September 2012}}

=Miss Universe 2011=

Priscila Machado was the second runner-up at the Miss Universe 2011 pageant.{{cite web|title=Miss Angola Leila Lopes is Miss Universe 2011!|url=http://www.beautymania.biz/2011/09/royals-update-miss-universe-2011.html|publisher=BeautyMania.biz|access-date=12 September 2011|date=12 September 2011}}

Controversy

After she was crowned Miss Brasil 2011, Machado was booed by the audience at HSBC Brasil. Supporters of other candidates, outraged by the victory of Miss Rio Grande do Sul, shouted insults against the winner, such as "peladona" (naked) and "marmelada" (a term used in Brazilian Portuguese to refer to a situation where someone cheats in a game or vote).{{cite web|url=http://port.pravda.ru/sociedade/incidentes/26-07-2011/31927-priscila_machado-0/ |title=Sob protestos e vaias, a gaúcha Priscila Machado é eleita Miss Brasil 2011 – Pravda.Ru |publisher=Port.pravda.ru |date=26 July 2011 |access-date=29 September 2012}} One of the reasons for the audience reaction was a photo released a few days before the pageant in which Machado appears topless,{{cite web |author=entretenimento |url=http://entretenimento.br.msn.com/famosos/vaza-foto-de-miss-brasil-2011-nua-na-internet |title=Vaza foto de Miss Brasil 2011 nua na internet – Notícias – Famosidades – MSN Entretenimento |publisher=Entretenimento.br.msn.com |date=24 July 2011 |access-date=29 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006073526/http://entretenimento.br.msn.com/famosos/vaza-foto-de-miss-brasil-2011-nua-na-internet |archive-date=6 October 2013 |url-status=dead }} something forbidden by the rules of the contest. However, days after being crowned Miss Brasil 2011, the organization of the contest defended Machado's title, claiming that the photo should not be considered, since it had not received authorization to be disclosed.{{cite web|author=Do G1, em São Paulo |url=http://g1.globo.com/brasil/noticia/2011/07/miss-brasil-diz-que-foto-nua-na-internet-nao-vai-ameacar-titulo.html |title=G1 – Miss Brasil diz que foto nua na internet não vai ameaçar título – notícias em Brasil |publisher=G1.globo.com |access-date=29 September 2012}}

In addition to that, Machado also sparked further controversy after she revealed that she had done three plastic surgeries: breast augmentation, liposuction and rhinoplasty.{{cite web|author=Olá |url=http://entretenimento.r7.com/moda-e-beleza/noticias/miss-brasil-e-gaucha-gremista-e-fez-tres-plasticas-20110724.html |title=Miss Brasil é gaúcha, gremista e fez três plásticas – Moda e Beleza – R7 |publisher=Entretenimento.r7.com |date=24 July 2011 |access-date=29 September 2012}}