It's not every day you get to see the universe without her clothes on, unless you have a subscription to Playboy Mexico in which case you can peruse your back issues to see Miss Universe herself—1996's winner Alicia Machado—in all her glory. It seems the former beauty queen (who was actually Miss Venezuela) has had a quite a time for herself below our borders and below our radar since giving up the crown over 10 years ago.

Her whirlwind "career" has involved acting, modeling, a broken engagement to baseball slugger Bobby Abreu, and letting most of the Spanish-speaking world watch her have sex on camera, Big Brother reality show style. (Those last two items might be related.) She capped it all off with a Playboy spread last year that was so successful, she's been called up to the big leagues and will appear with new photos in the American edition next month. If we've learned anything about her so far, it's that Alicia is not shy, so this review of her previous "work" offers quite a preview of what's to come.

· ALICIA MACHADO IN PLAYBOY (darchtimes.com)

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· Alicia Machado Ex Miss Venezuela (metacafe.com, via toxicmagazine.com)
· Alicia Machado Bio (Wikipedia)

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