Alicia Machado appeared in Playboy magazine
Alicia Machado, the beauty queen held up by Hillary Clinton as a "victim" of what both women claim were sexist comments made by Donald Trump, sparked a scandal in 2005 when she had sex on live TV with another contestant on a Spanish show modeled after the CBS reality-TV series "Big Brother."
In a now infamous episode of "La Granja," the former "Miss Universe" romped beneath the sheets with Spanish TV host Fernando Acaso, according to U.K. newspaper The Sun.
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"La Granja" means "The Farm" in Spanish.
The broadcast showed Acaso lying on top of her, with Machado whispering about his sexual prowess. The Playboy model is also seen parading around topless.
Machado parades around topless in the reality-TV show "La Granja."
Machado also wrote down her thoughts about her sex partner, which were later read aloud by the show's host.
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“Really, that guy is cute, he loves me, he understands me, he accepts me, he protects me, he supports me, he respects me," read her testimonial.
“He treats me like a goddess, he [bleeps] me like a [bleep]!”
Machado was engaged to Philadelphia Phillies baseball star Bobby Abreu at the time. Abreu called off the wedding after clips of the show went public.
“When you do a reality show, it’s just that – a show of reality,” Machado defended after the scandal.
The revelations of Machado's on-screen sex antics follow a string of allegations that now cast doubt on whether her claims about Trump should be believed.
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As WND reported, Clinton pounded Trump during the first presidential debate on Monday over Machado's claims she was brutalized by the billionaire co-owner of the pageant after she gained weight during her reign as the 1996 Miss Universe.
“And he called this woman ‘Miss Piggy.’ Then he called her ‘Miss Housekeeping,’ because she was Latina,” Clinton sneered. “Donald, she has a name: Her name is Alicia Machado. … She has become a U.S. citizen, and you can bet she’s going to vote this November.”
In addition to using part of Machado's story at the debate, Clinton is also highlighting it in a campaign ad:
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Asked Wednesday whether the campaign regrets making Machado the face of their case against Trump, Clinton communications director Jen Palmieri simply said, "No."
'The reason why we're talking about Alicia Machado today is because Donald Trump insulted her again yesterday," Palmieri insisted, referring to Trump's appearance on "Fox and Friends" on Tuesday. "So what is at issue is what he has said ... about her and what he subjected her to in 1997."
Trump told the "Fox and Friends" hosts, "She was the winner, and she gained a massive amount of weight, and it was a real problem … not only that, her attitude. We had a real problem with her."
However, while the Clinton campaign defends Machado, it has so far failed to mention the 1998 scandal in which Machado was accused of driving her boyfriend “from the scene of a shooting." The Associated Press subsequently reported that a Venezuelan judge said “a former Miss Universe threatened to kill him after he indicted her boyfriend for attempted murder.”
On Tuesday, CNN’s Anderson Cooper gave Machado a chance to respond to the allegations.
“The judge in the case also said you threatened to kill him after he indicted your boyfriend for the attempted murder. I just want to give you a chance to address these reports that the Trump surrogates are talking about,” Cooper said.
Machado said the reports “are not the point now.”
“You know, I have my past. Of course, everybody has a past. I’m not a saint girl, but that is not the point now."
Machado, now 39, became an American citizen a few weeks ago and is promoting Clinton for the presidency.
In June, Machado appeared at a news conference in Virginia held by immigrant advocacy groups to encourage Latino voters to support Clinton.
