Pictures: Miss Angola, Leila Lopes, Wins Miss Universe 2011
Miss Angola, Leila Lopes, won the title of Miss Universe 2011 last night during the pageant in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Lopes, a business student, made history winning the first-ever “Miss Universe” title for Angola.
“Thank God I’m very satisfied with the way God created me and I wouldn’t change a thing,” said Lopes, when asked what she would change about herself during the competition. “I consider myself a woman endowed with inner beauty. I have acquired many wonderful principles from my family and I intend to follow these for the rest of my life.”
In an interview on Tuesday, she added: “I’ve worked with various social causes. I work with poor kids, I work in the fight against HIV. I work to protect the elderly and I have to do everything that my country needs. I think now as Miss Universe I will be able to do much more.”
(Miss Philippines Shamcey Supsup)
(Miss Panama Sheldry Saez)
(Miss Philippines) Her beauty tips include: get a lot of sleep, use sun block even when it’s cloudy and drink lots of water.
23-year-old Miss Ukraine Olesia Stefanko was the first runner-up. The 16 finalists included contestants from France, Kosovo, Colombia, China, Angola, Australia, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Netherlands, USA, Ukraine, Panama, Costa Rica, Portugal, Philippines, and Venezuela.
(Miss Australia Sherri-lee Biggs)
(Miss Portugal Laura Goncalves)
(Miss China Luo Zilin)