Miss Angola, Leila Lopes, Crowned Miss Universe

By Ikam Acosta

Angola's Leila Lopes was selected from 89 other contestants to be crowned this year's Miss Universe. The pageant took place in San Palo, Brazil and marked the 60th anniversary of the beauty pageant.

Miss Ukraine, Olesia Stefanko, was the first runner-up. The only Latina who made it to the final round was second runner-up Miss Brazil, Priscila Machado. Shamcey Supsup, from the Philippines, got third runner-up and Luo Zilin, from China, got fourth runner-up.

Surprisingly enough, only three Latina contestants made it to the top ten, even though the pageant was held in Brazil. These young ladies were from Costa Rica, Panama, and Portugal. The other two semi-finalists that made it to the top ten represented Australia and France. The rest of the semi-finalists included women from Kosovo, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Netherlands, USA, and Venezuela. That's good, at least there were more Latin ladies added to the mix.

The gorgeous Miss Lopes is a business student from Benguela who is proud of her inner beauty and the values instilled upon her by her family. When asked what she would change about herself she expressed a satisfaction with how God created her and "wouldn't change a thing." Leila went on to say,

"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."

Excelente! What a winning answer. This is the first time in the pageant's history that Angola has won the crown.

Are you happy with Miss Angola winning the crown, or would you have elected another Miss Universe?

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