5. Winner Slammed For Gaining Weight
It was Miss Universe 1996 – Venezuela’s Alicia Machado was crowned Miss Universe 1996 (45th Edition). During her reign as Miss Universe, Machado made headlines when it was reported that she gained too much weight and the Miss Universe Organization was considering replacing her with her runner-up, Taryn Mansell of Aruba. Although Machado retained her title, this move by the pageant organizer was heavily criticised by people all over the world. IT was seen that they are promoting a body image. Machado’s pictures of her working out to lose weight surfaced in newspapers and the pressures created by the organizers was heavily slammed.
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