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Tina Marie Machado, formerly Placourakis, (born 1960) is an Arizona businesswoman, and former model, actress, and Miss Hawaii USA.

Machado was born in Hawaii in 1960, and was crowned Miss Hawaii USA in February 1985. She lost the title less than a week later, when pageant officials said that at 25 she was too old, and was directed to step down in favor of Toni Leimomi Costa, 18, her runner-up. Machado had already given up her job at the Honolulu Board of Realtors because of needing to devote time for the contest.[1] Machado sued for $5 million for breach of contract, [2] and was restored to the title in April.[3] She competed in the Miss USA 1985 pageant in Lakeland, Florida, in May as Miss Hawaii and was a semi-finalist in the nationally televised pageant. That pageant was won by Laura Martinez Harring of Texas.[4]

In 1987, Machado married Hawaiian restaurateur Aaron Placourakis, taking his last name.[5] They had three children together. Their son Jesse won three gold medals in national karate competition at age 7, and a title at the All-Japan Junior Championships at the age of 8, in 1999.[6] Tina Placourakis followed her son to karate lessons, earning a black belt, and also winning multiple medals in karate.[7] In 2000, the Placourakis marriage ended, and Tina Placourakis left Hawaii to live in Arizona with former major league baseball player Charles "Chili" Davis.[8]

In 2003, Placourakis filed civil suit in Maricopa County against Davis. She testified about physical and mental abuse, and played a tape recorded phone conversation of him saying "Tina, you deserved to get hit". The jury awarded her $350,000 in damages.[9][10]

In 2006, Placourakis appeared as "The Divorced Mom", on the CBS reality television program Tuesday Night Book Club, where she was described as a former beauty queen and karate champion, the oldest of seven Scottsdale, Arizona women who gathered to discuss their lives and relationships. The show was pulled after two episodes out of its scheduled eight due to poor ratings.[11][12][13]

References

  1. ^ Associated Press (27 February 1985). "Miss Hawaii USA Stripped of Crown; at 25, She's Too Old". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 13 September 2016. Slightly longer form as "Miss Hawaii Loses Her Title, Too Old At 25, Officials Say". Associated Press. February 27, 1985. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  2. ^ Associated Press (March 1, 1985). "Beauty Queen Sues to Regain Title". Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  3. ^ Associated Press (Apr 13, 1985). "A Queen Restored". The Dispatch. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  4. ^ United Press International (14 May 1985). "Texas resident chosen Miss USA". The Daily Sentinel. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
  5. ^ Donnelly, Dave (August 26, 2001). "The Week That Was". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  6. ^ Ohira, Rod (January 17, 2000). "The karate kid". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  7. ^ Donnelly, Dave (November 28, 1997). "She's up to Herculean task". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  8. ^ Donnelly, Dave (June 14, 2000). "Placourakis union unravels". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  9. ^ Trujillo, Richard J.; Ryan, Timothy J. (September 21, 2010). "Placourakis v. Davis :: 2010". Arizona Case Law. Arizona Court of Appeals. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  10. ^ Kiefer, Michael (7 January 2007). "Violence finds ugly place in sports". Arizona Republic. p. 27. Archived from the original on January 7, 2007. Retrieved 30 August 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ "CBS ANNOUNCES THE WOMEN OF "TUESDAY NIGHT BOOK CLUB"". CBS Press Express. May 24, 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  12. ^ "Tina (The Divorced Mom)". CBS.com. Archived from the original on 22 November 2010.
  13. ^ Hogan, Shanna (June 14, 2006). "Travails of E.V. women spotlighted in new series". East Valley Tribune. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

{{Hawaii Pageant Winners}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Machado, Tina}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1960 births]] [[Category:Miss USA 1980s delegates]]

Future Refs

  1. ^ Gossie, Michael (August 20, 2015). "Tina Machado: Most Influential Women in Arizona Business". AZ Business Magazine. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  2. ^ Gossie, Michael (June 17, 2015). "Tina Machado becomes a game changer for tech sector". AZ Business Magazine. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Tina Marie Machado Bio" (PDF). CodeRed-I. October 26, 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  4. ^ Landman, Roberta (July 2015). "Past Reimagined to Perfection". Phoenix Home & Garden. p. 88. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Tina Machado". LinkedIn. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Exceptional Executives". So Scottsdale!. Richman Media Group. February 2016. p. 53. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  7. ^ Terrace, Vincent (2008-11-06). "3869 Hawaiian Heat". Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed. McFarland. pp. 441–. ISBN 9780786486410. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  8. ^ Christmann Larson, Amanda (April 1, 2015). "Code Red-I, Casting Bets on The Future of Tech". ImagesAZ. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  9. ^ Parrish, Melinda (February 10, 2016). "WIW2B: Lexi Placourakis". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  10. ^ Gottesman, Matt (16 March 2016). "Lexi Placourakis - Model, Social Entrepreneur, Advocate". H&DF, Hustle & Deal Flow Magazine. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  11. ^ Greenberg, Brad A. (March 11, 2009). "Friedman, Karatz Criminal Charges Rock L.A. Philanthropic Community". The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  12. ^ "Marie Machado Obituary". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. June 9, 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
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