Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump Wednesday criticized a former Miss Universe who claimed that he bullied her nearly 20 years ago, saying that he saved the woman from being fired by pageant executives. I saved her job ... "I saved her job, because I said [firing her was] going to be ruinous and I’ve done that with a number of the young ladies, where I save their job," Trump said. Alicia Machado, who won the Miss Universe crown in 1996, made international news Monday night after Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton called out Trump during the first presidential debate for labeling Machado "Miss Piggy." In an interview with "Fox & Friends" Tuesday morning, Trump described Machado as "one of the worst [Miss Universe] winners we ever had."

Source: Fox News September 29, 2016 01:06 UTC