Yoseph Machado, Alicia Machado (Spanish pronunciation: [a'lisja Ma'tSado] born December 6 1976) is a Venezuelan-American actress as well as a TV host, beauty queen, and singer. She was Miss Venezuela 1995 and then Miss Universe 1996. The fourth woman from Venezuela to be named Miss UniverseMachado was born in Maracay, Venezuela. Her father was a toy store owner who emigrated from Spain as did her mother's family who moved to Cuba prior to the Cuban revolution. Machado began acting in her early years. At age four, she started dancing and at age 12 she started acting. Machado went to college for one year and a half, but she left to pursue modeling and appearing in commercials.Machado was the winner of the title of Miss Maracay in 1995. Miss Maracay pageant,and then the 1995 Miss Venezuela pageant representing Yaracuy state and later she won the Miss Universe 1996 crown in Las Vegas. Machado refused plastic surgery in her initial training. This is an important aspect of Venezuelan beauty pageant culture. Jacqueline Aguilera won the Miss World 1995 crown. This was only the second time that in a row that two Venezuelans won two world titles from the same pageant. Machado's reign was a result of American businessman Donald Trump took
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