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Alicia Machado
Born
Yoseph Alicia Machado Fajardo

(1976-12-06) December 6, 1976 (age 47)
Maracay, Venezuela
Other namesAlicia Machado
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss Venezuela 1995
Miss Universe 1996
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBrown
Major
competition(s)		Miss Venezuela 1995
(Winner)
Miss Universe 1996
(Winner)

Yoseph Alicia Machado Fajardo (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈlisja maˈtʃaðo]; born December 6, 1976 in Maracay) is a Venezuelan actress, TV show host, singer and former Miss Universe. She was the fourth woman from Venezuela to capture the Miss Universe crown.

Career

Machado won the 1995 Miss Venezuela pageant entering Yaracuy and then the Miss Universe 1996 crown in Las Vegas. 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 Donald Trump took ownership of the Miss Universe pageant.

During her reign as Miss Universe, Machado made headlines when it was reported that she gained too much weight and the Miss Universe Organization was considering replacing her with her runner-up, Taryn Mansell of Aruba. In the end, Machado retained her title.

In 1998, Alicia made her debut on the popular Venezuelan soap opera Samantha in the titular role. She won the Midia Award in Spain and the Ace award in New York City, as the new Actress of the year. Following the success of Samantha she was called to star in Infierno en el Paraiso, another successful soap opera. In 1999 she released her debut album “Alicia En El Pais De Las Maravillas”. A second album was released in November 2007.

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 famosos ("The Farm"). On February 19, 2006, Machado debuted on a Mexican reality show named Cantando Por Un Sueño ("Singing For A Dream"), a program in the line of the previous Bailando Por Un Sueño ("Dancing For A Dream"), in which the winner has the chance for a dream to come true. The show is very similar to Dancing with the Stars (U.S.) and ¡Más que baile! (formerly titled ¡Mira Quién Baila!) ("Look Who's Dancing!") (Spain).

Machado appeared in (and on the cover of) the February 2006 issue of Playboy magazine's Mexican edition, thus becoming the only Miss Universe to pose nude for Playboy.[1]

On January 22, 2010, Machado revealed her fingerprints on Paseo de las Luminarias, in Mexico City, in recognition of her artistic career in Mexico.

On September 9, 2012, Machado is one of the ten participating 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 stars as the protagonist of La Madame, a TV series produced by RTI Productions and RCN TV in Colombia.

Personal life

In 2005, Alicia was engaged to baseball star Bobby Abreu. During their engagement she was on the Spanish reality show La Granja where she was filmed on camera having sex with another member of the show. Shortly after the video surfaced Abreu ended their engagement.[2]

On June 25, 2008, Alicia gave birth to her daughter, Dinorah Valentina. She issued a statement that the father of Dinorah was Mexican businessman Rafael Hernandez Linares after Mexican news sources, quoting the Attorney General, reported that the father was Gerardo Álvarez Vázquez, a drug lord.[3]

On November 24, 2010, BBC Mundo confirmed that Alicia Machado had to close her Twitter account after writing a tweet that called for "peace between the Chinas", referring to North and South Korea.[4] Her gaffe unleashed a rush of insulting posts, prompting her to go offline. "I now have a lot of psychopaths on the account and it's best I start another one, kisses," she signed off, according to Venezuelan media.[5]

Filmography

Soap operas

TV series

  • 2009: Los simuladores (The Pretenders)
  • 2007: El Pantera (The Panther)
  • 2000: Estamos Unidos
  • 1997: The Nanny

Movies

  • 2007: I love Miami
  • 2006: Cansada de besar sapos (Tired of kissing toads)

Theater

  • 2010: Hairspray
  • 2009: Un amante a la medida

Programs

Awards

ACE

Win:

Midia

  • 1998 - Best New Actress in Samantha (Won)
  • 1998 - It's the best history (Samantha del liano) (Won)

Paseo de las Luminarias

  • 2010: In recognition of her artistic career in Mexico

References

  1. ^ Alicia Machado Pose For Playboy Women Lifestyle
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ "Cayó "El Indio", capo señalado como operador del cartel de los Beltrán Leyva" "Univision News", 23 Apr 2010 [2]
  4. ^ Alicia Machado cierra su cuenta en Twitter por culpa de las burlas
  5. ^ Venezuelan beauty queen stumbles over Korea crisis
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Miss Venezuela
1995 		Succeeded by

Template:Miss Universe Organization titleholders 1996 Template:Big Four Pageants titleholders 1996

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