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Alicia Machado
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Alicia Machado was crowned Miss Universe in 1996. Her reign was marred by her weight gain, which did not come unnoticed. Pageant higher-ups (Donald Trump) asked her to lose weight before the next year's pageant. She had gained an estimated 40 pounds and was asked to shed 27 of those pounds or else lose her title as Miss Universe. That sounds like a lot, but she was 5'9" and weighed 118 pounds when she was crowned Miss Universe.
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Alicia Machado was the chick who won the 1996 Miss Universe, and after she won, she got all fat and greasy. Donald Trump, who had bought the rights to the show, wasn't down for that one bit. So, he made her juicy butt get up on a treadmill and work that fat off her back. And he made her fat butt do it all in front of America. If she didn't lose the weight, she would lose her title.
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As Alicia Machado proudly walked off the stage, she smiled at the sound of the audience. The crowd cheered her for multiple reasons. The first being, she had survived. Despite all that Trump had said, she managed to reign supreme as Miss Universe. Secondly, she had lost a great deal of weight. She was now at 125, which was large by Miss Universe standards.
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The Alicia Machado story touches on the most basic issues of pageantry. How important is beauty? How important is winning? How much sacrifice is too much? Similar questions are being asked in the world of sports, where it is now finally acknowledged that a body proficient in a particular game is not necessarily a healthy body. It is important to address these issues because pageants, like sports, are an important part of the growing global culture and are not going away.
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Yoseph Alicia Machado was born in Venezuela. It all started for her when on September 27, 1995 she was representing the state of Yaracuy in Venezuela winning the crown of Miss Venezuela.
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Alicia Machado was born on 6th of December, 1976 in Maracay, Aragua State, Venezuela. From 1979 to 1983 she studied classic ballet and soon she danced contemporary dance during eight years. In 1993 she graduated as bachelor in the mixed grammar school " Calicantina " of Maracay. That same year she began studies of Administrative Sciences at the UNITEC. In 1994 she made sporadic commercial in Caracas with the agency of models that directs the Hundredth Mariela. Her journey started on September 27, 1995 when she was representing the state of Yaracuy in Venezuela winning the crown of Miss Venezuela.
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