First, there was Alicia Machado, the former Miss Universe who was mentioned by Hillary Clinton at Monday’s presidential debate as just one example of women who have been bullied by her opponent Donald Trump. Machado claimed she was relentlessly shamed by then-pageant-owner Trump back in 1996 for gaining weight postpageant. His name-calling (“Miss Piggy”), public humiliation (he invited the press to cover her workouts), and threats to rescind her title were so much to bear that she claims she was driven to life-threatening eating disorders that took years to overcome.
Now a second contestant has come out to share her similar experience with the Republican presidential nominee. Former Miss Australia Jodie Seal, who competed with Machado, compared Trump to Benito Mussolini, the notorious fascist Italian dictator, in the way the mogul treated pageant contestants, in an interview with Inside Edition that aired Tuesday.
Seal said that Trump told her “suck your stomach in, or suck your gut in,” trying to recall his exact words. “He was calling some girls some pretty horrible names as well,” she added in the interview.
Now a second contestant has come out to share her similar experience with the Republican presidential nominee. Former Miss Australia Jodie Seal, who competed with Machado, compared Trump to Benito Mussolini, the notorious fascist Italian dictator, in the way the mogul treated pageant contestants, in an interview with Inside Edition that aired Tuesday.
Seal said that Trump told her “suck your stomach in, or suck your gut in,” trying to recall his exact words. “He was calling some girls some pretty horrible names as well,” she added in the interview.
