FashionDream Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Leila LopesLeila Luliana da Costa Vieira Lopes (born February 26, 1986) is an Angolan beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Angola 2011 and later Miss Universe 2011.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.Beauty pageants winsMiss Angola UK - she won this on October 8, 2010, but the victory caused protests within the Angolan community in Britain, due to the fact that she was not a resident of the UK and thus, not eligible.[4][5]Miss Angola - held in Luanda on December 18, 2010, gaining the right to represent Angola in Miss Universe 2011.[6][7] She also obtained the Photogenic Award during the contest.Miss Universe 2011 - in São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011. She became the first Angolan Miss Universe and the 60th titleholder. Lopes received the title from the former Miss Universe titleholder, Ximena Navarrete of Mexico. Lopes is the fourth African to win the title since the beginning of the worldwide pageant (South Africa, 1978; Namibia, 1992; Botswana, 1999; and Angola, 2011) and the second African of African descent to win following Mpule Kwelagobe, Miss Universe 1999 from Botswana. Lopes also became the first woman from Angola to win a "Big four" beauty pageant.Wikipedia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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northwind Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 LE?LA LOPEZ M?SS UN?VERSE 2011 W?NNER Full name: Leila Luliana da Costa Vieira Lopes Born:February 26, 1986 (age 25) Benguela, Angola Height:1.79 m (5 ft 10 1?2 in) Hair color:Black Eye color:Dark brown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickiala Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 She already has a thread herehttp://www.bellazon.com/main/index.php?showtopic=39125Done. ~ Post Edited by Joe > Average Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelknowledge Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 beauty queens don't belong in this section unless they are actually an agency represented model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northwind Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 sorry. I wasn't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northwind Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 OH my god! she's awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickiala Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 It's ok,we'll just have a moderator combined it with the other Welcome to BZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-KA- Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Leila Lopes - Chinese Laundry Fashion Denim launch party at Eden - April 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferry Coal Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Leila Lopes Miss Universe 2011 at the 2012 Miss Universe Pageant in Las Vegas 19.12.2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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