'Miss Piggy Can Vote': Ex-Miss Universe Alicia Machado Became US Citizen To Vote Against Trump

Alicia Machado is officially an American citizen! Inside Edition spoke exclusively with the former Miss Universe after her big day, who revealed that she’s become a U.S. citizen just in time to cast her vote against Donald Trump. Machado is the Venezuelan-born beauty queen who Trump says gained 40lbs after being crowned Miss Universe in 1996. Trump made her workout in front of the press and she claims he called her “Miss Piggy” in private.

“Today is a very important day for me. Now I’m a U.S. citizen and I feel so proud,” Machado told Inside Edition , before she waved a miniature American flag that she was holding and said, “Mr. Trump, haha.” Machado took the Oath to Allegiance in Miami today. She posted on her Instagram a photo of herself after the Oath and wrote, “ I so proud and inspiration to be a U.S. Citizen! I'll be Voting! All my power and my support become with my next President @hillaryclinton Miss Housekeeping and miss Piggy Can Vote @realdonaldtrump.”

Machado was crowned Miss Venezuela and Miss Universe in 1996 when she was 19. That same year, Trump had just taken ownership of the Miss Universe pageant.

Months after being crowned, Machado gained weight and Trump demanded that she lose it. Trump called her an “eating machine” during an interview with Howard Stern, and invited the media to watch Machado when he took her to a gym to exercise. “They took me to the gym, and I’m exposed to 90 media outlets.” Machado also told The New York Times that Trump was there, so he clearly knew what was going to happen.

“I was about to cry in that moment with all the cameras there,” she said of the humiliating moment. “I said, ‘I don’t want to do this, Mr. Trump.’ He said, ‘I don’t care.’”

Machado told “Inside Edition” that the incident made her feel publicly body-shamed and added that Trump called her names. “He called me Miss Piggy,” she revealed, saying it made her feel “so fat.” “I was very depressed in that moment,” she said.

The former beauty queen says that Trump also mocked her English speaking skills calling her, ‘Miss Housekeeping.’

For Inside Edition’s full report on Machado’s new citizenship, tune in on Friday, August 19.