Trump and the media could never get away with fat-shaming Alicia Machado today like t
 

Trump and the media could never get away with fat-shaming Alicia Machado today like they did in 1997
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Imagine sitting before a scrum of reporters while two men discuss your weight-loss goals.*

They call you beautiful but talk about how they hope you will look on camera: feminine and soft, weighing somewhere between 125 and 130 pounds.*

SEE ALSO: Former Miss Universe Alicia Machado just became Donald Trump's nightmare


It would be hell for almost any woman, and Alicia Machado has attested to that fact. When the former Miss Universe gained weight after winning the crown in 1996, her employer and pageant owner at the time, Donald J. Trump, paraded her before reporters to detail a new fitness regimen and describe her passion for eating. * Read more...

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