In an interview with “Inside Edition” on Thursday, Alicia Machado claimed that presumptive nominee Donald Trump bullied her after winning the Miss Universe crown. Trump allegedly called the 19-year-old “Miss Piggy” after she gained weight and “Miss Housekeeping” for her less-than-perfect English.
In 1996, the year Trump took over the beauty pageant, Machado went from Miss Venezuela to become the newly-crowned Miss Universe. She claims that she received endless torment from Trump after gaining close to 15 pounds following her beauty pageant win—though Trump insisted on camera that is was closer to 40 or 50 pounds. Trump even brought Machado to a gym to work out in front of media while he sat back and spoke of the model’s weight gain. Per Politico, Trump invited over 100 media outlets to the bizarre gym event.
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