Posted September 14, 201113 yr 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
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September 18, 201113 yr 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
September 18, 201113 yr She already has a thread herehttp://www.bellazon.com/main/index.php?showtopic=39125Done. ~ Post Edited by Joe > Average
September 18, 201113 yr beauty queens don't belong in this section unless they are actually an agency represented model.
December 23, 201212 yr Leila Lopes Miss Universe 2011 at the 2012 Miss Universe Pageant in Las Vegas 19.12.2012
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