12. Acknowledged For Her Acting
As Samantha was the lead actress of a drama, she earned nominations from both New York Critics Association (ACE) and Midia awards in Spain for Best Emerging Actress awards, thanks to her exceptional performance. At both events, she received both accolades.
Machado finds her instincts proved correct and decides to resume her singing education, which had been stopped due to entering Miss Venezuela.
13. Bob Abreu
At the turn of the millennium, Machado fell passionately for professional baseball player Bob Abreu from Puerto Rico. Their relationship lasted approximately two years from 2003 to 2005 before they each decided their careers were an obstacle and opted instead to travel separately to Spain for reality TV projects.
Soon after their divorce was finalized, there were rumors of reconciliation; however, Abreu quickly denied them through media speculations.