iss Universe 2011 Contestant - MISS ANGOLA UNIVERSE 2011 - Leila Lopes's Photos/Profile/Biography/News
Birth Date: 1986 (age 23–24)
Birth Place: Benguela, Angola
Height: 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Hair color: Dark brown
Eye color: Dark brown
Title(s): Miss Angola UK 2011, Miss Angola 2011
Major Competition(s): Miss Angola 2011(Winner)(Miss Photogenic), Miss Universe 2011
BIOGRAPHY:
Born to Cape Verdean immigrants in Benguela, Angola, Lopes is a business management student in Great Britain, where she was crowned Miss Angola UK on October 8, 2010, the official representative of the Angolan community in the United Kingdom to the 2011 Miss Angola pageant.
Lopes, who stands 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) tall, competed as one of 21 finalists in her country's national beauty pageant, Miss Angola, held in Luanda on December 18, 2010, where she obtained the Photogenic Award and became the eventual winner of the title, gaining the right to represent Angola in the 2011 Miss Universe pageant, to be broadcast live from São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011.
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Miss Angola 2011 Results:
Miss Angola 2011 - Leila Lopes, 24 (Miss Angola in UK)
1st Runner-up - Edmilza Mota dos Santos, 20 (Malanje) 2011
2nd Runner-up - Elizandra Lopes, 19 (Huambo)
Special Awards
Miss Photogenic - Leila Lopes (Miss Angola UK)
Miss Congeniality - Delma Delque (Miss Cunene)
Best Traditional Costume - Elsa da Cruz (Luanda)
23-year-old Leila Lopes was crowned Miss Angola 2011
23-year-old Leila stands 5'10'' and will represent Angola in Miss Universe 2011 pageant to be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil in the coming September.
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Miss Angola 2011
Leila Lopes (23, 1.79m, London) was crowned Miss Angola 2011. She will represent Angola in Miss World 2011 and Miss Universe 2011. Edmilza dos Santos and Elizandra Lopes finished second and third, respectively.
Miss Angola 2011 Leila Lopes in swimsuit and evening gown.
Leila receives the Photogenic Award.
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Olesya Stefanko (Ukraine) was the first runner-up, Priscila Machado (Brazil) was the second runner-up, Shamcey Gurrea Supsup (Philippines) was the third runner-up and Luo Zi Lin (China) was the fourth runner-up.
Scherri-Lee Biggs (Australia), Johanna Solano (Costa Rica), Laury Thilleman (France), Laura Gonçalves (Portugal) and Sheldry Sáez (Panama) completed the group of semi-finalists.
Catalina Robayo (Colombia), Afërdita Dreshaj (Kosovo), Kelly Weekers (Netherlands), Viviana Ortiz (Puerto Rico), Alyssa Campanella (United States) and Vanessa Gonçalves (Venezuela) were the quarter-finalists.
Portugal won the fan voting and obtained a position in the Top 16. Nikolina Lončar (Montenegro) won Miss Congeniality, Sheldry Sáez (Panama) won Best National Costume and Ronnia Fornstedt (Sweden) won Miss Photogenic.
Photos from the 60th Miss Universe finals held at the Credicard Hall in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on September 12th. The crown returns to Africa with the victory of Angola’s Leila Lopes.
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Miss Angola Leila Lopes, left, is crowned Miss Universe 2011 by Miss Universe 2010 Ximena Navarrete, of Mexico, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sept. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Leila Lopes from Angola was crowned Miss Universe Monday night. She became Africa’s 4th Miss Universe, and the 1st black woman to win the crown since 1999.
Lopes beat out 88 other competitors to win the title during the 60th anniversary of Miss Universe. She replaces last year’s winner, Ximena Navarrete of Mexico.
“Thank God I’m very satisfied with the way God created me and I wouldn’t change a thing,” Lopes said when asked her interview question. “I consider myself a woman endowed with inner beauty. I have acquired many wonderful principals from my family and I intend to follow these for the rest of my life.”
The first runner-up was 23-year-old Olesia Stefanko of Ukraine and the second runner-up was Priscila Machado of Brazil. The third was Miss Philippines, and the fourth Miss China.
In the top 10, were the representatives of Australia, France, Costa Rica, Panama, and Portugal.
Completing the group of 15 quarter-finalists, we had the candidates of Puerto Rico, USA, Kosovo, Netherlands, Colombia and Venezuela.
Miss Panama was the winner of the Best National Costume Award; Miss Montenegro was voted Miss Congeniality; and Miss Sweden was elected Miss Photogenic.
The biggest shock of the night was the early elimination of Miss Malaysia, Deborah Henry, considered by many one of the top favorites for the crown. Other favorites left out, were Misses Greece, Trinidad & Tobago, Nicaragua, Spain, and Aruba.
Among those who made it, the main surprises were Misses Panama and Portugal. It was the first time in 60 years of history that Portugal advances to Miss Universe’s semi-finals.
The pageant was hosted by NBC “Today” anchor Natalie Morales and the Bravo network’s Andy Cohen. Among the celebrities in the jury, Connie Chung, supermodel Isabeli Fontana and Indy race car driver Helio Castroneves.
Brazilian pop stars Claudia Leitte and Bebel Gilberto performed during the event.
Miss Angola, Leila Lopes, was a favorite since she arrived in Brazil. She was actually prepared for the pageant in Brazil. It’s a well-deserved title for Angola and the African continent!
