Alicia Machado has just recently stepped back into the spotlight after Democratic presidential nominee Hilary Clinton mentioned her in the first debate. While she was body-shamed by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, the former beauty queen has risen above it all. Unfortunately for her, her home country of Venezuela is not a big fan.
According to FOX News Latino, Machado has become the beauty queen that most Venezuelan’s would rather forget. Since being crowned Miss Universe in 1996, the beauty queen has been in and out of the headlines.
“Without a doubt, she is the most scandalous beauty queen in Venezuela’s history,” Orlando Suarez, a renowned entertainment reporter in the country, told the publication.
Machado has been linked to attempted murder, being romantically involved with Mexican drug lord Jose Gerardo “El Indio” Alvarez, posing naked for Playboy twice and lastly, being engaged in an alleged sexual encounter caught on TV by the Spanish reality show “La Granja” in 2005.
Many people from the country remember Machado as a high-energy woman that lacked much discipline.
“During her year as Miss Venezuela, Osmel Sousa, the country’s “beauty czar”, has said many times he had a hard time training her,” said to the publication Karla Franceschi, another Venezuelan entertainment reporter. “She was very young at the time, just 19.”
Over the years Machado was no stranger to being front-page news. She was involved in a criminal case when her boyfriend at the time Juan Rodriguez, was charged and convicted. Although she was eventually cleared of all charges, Machado was said to be driving the car in which Rodriguez escaped after assaulting his brother in law.
“She contributed to stop the fight by doing that, but police investigated her as an accomplice”, Suarez.
Ever since all the allegations, Machado has kept her distance from her homeland to the point that most people in the country don’t know what she is up to right now.
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