PERSON: Alicia Machado
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Actress, TV Host, Singer, Beauty Queen
Biography
Yoseph Alicia Machado Fajardo (born December 6, 1976) is a Venezuelan-American actress, TV host, singer and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1996, she previously crowned Miss Venezuela 1995. She was the fourth woman from Venezuela to be named Miss Universe.
In 1998, a Venezuelan judge accused Machado of threatening to kill him while he was presiding over a case against her then-boyfriend for attempted murder. Machado was also accused of driving the boyfriend’s getaway car. Machado denied both accusations and was never charged with a crime. The controversy caused a media sensation in Venezuela unseen since the conviction of President Carlos Andres Perez.
Machado once dated professional baseball player Bobby Abreu; the couple later split, calling off their engagement.
In 2010, responding to being mocked on Twitter after mistakenly referring to North and South Korea as China, Machado closed her Twitter account and wrote, “I now have a lot of psychopaths on the account and it’s best I start another one, kisses.”
Machado has one daughter. In 2013, after being diagnosed with breast cancer, Machado underwent a double mastectomy.
In May 2016, Machado became a U.S. citizen.
In June 2019 in statements to the Hispanic show business program, Suelta la sopa, she talked about her bisexuality, claiming to have had girlfriends.
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In 1998, a Venezuelan judge accused Machado of threatening to kill him while he was presiding over a case against her then-boyfriend for attempted murder. Machado was also accused of driving the boyfriend’s getaway car. Machado denied both accusations and was never charged with a crime. The controversy caused a media sensation in Venezuela unseen since the conviction of President Carlos Andres Perez.
Machado once dated professional baseball player Bobby Abreu; the couple later split, calling off their engagement.
In 2010, responding to being mocked on Twitter after mistakenly referring to North and South Korea as China, Machado closed her Twitter account and wrote, “I now have a lot of psychopaths on the account and it’s best I start another one, kisses.”
Machado has one daughter. In 2013, after being diagnosed with breast cancer, Machado underwent a double mastectomy.
In May 2016, Machado became a U.S. citizen.
In June 2019 in statements to the Hispanic show business program, Suelta la sopa, she talked about her bisexuality, claiming to have had girlfriends.
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