Alicia Machado

 Yoseph Machado Fájardo, an actress from Venezuela and TV host was born on the 6th of December 1976. She also is a beauty queen Miss Venezuela 1995, and Miss Universe 1996. It was her fourth woman from Venezuela to be named Miss Universe.Machado was born in Maracay, Venezuela. Machado started dancing at the age 4 and acting at twelve years old. Her mother was originally from Cuba, while her father was a toy store owner from Spain. owner. Machado began dancing at the age of four , and began acting at twelve. She went to college for a year and half before she left to pursue modeling and commercials. She refused to have plastic surgery in her initial stage of training. This is an interesting feature of Venezuelan beauty pageant tradition. Jacqueline Aguilera was the Miss World 1995 finalist. This marks the second consecutive year that two Venezuelans have been awarded two world titles through the same pageant. Machado's reign began when American businessman Donald Trump took ownership of the Miss Universe pageant. Machado was forced to shed weight as she prepared for Miss Universe. Machado claimed that she was anorexicand overweight and weighed 116lbs when she won Miss Universe.