2. The Winner Of The 1996 Miss Universe Pageant
The following year, she was also honored as International Queen of Coffee and her name put forward as Venezuela’s representative in the Miss Universe competition.
Machado surprised everyone by winning the crown at just 18 years old despite not being considered one of the favorite or most memorable contestants leading up to the finale. Her year-long reign, however, was plagued with challenges – she herself described it as “nightmarish.”
3. Can A Romance With The Mexican Heartthrob Begin?
Two weeks later, she meets handsome singer Luis Miguel through a producer friend of his young Mexican who introduces them. Thus began an attraction between this 25-year-old heartthrob and young beauty queen that would soon blossom into romance.
Relationship was relatively casual despite their eccentricities; these included taking nightly helicopter rides along Riviera Maya beaches or speeding along its shores in their car.
