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Miss Angola Leila Lopes Wins Miss Universe 2011

Truth rating: 10

12:54 am, September 13th, 2011

(NBC)

Leila Lopes of Angola was crowned Miss Universe on Monday night.

The 25-year-old Lopes is the first Miss Universe from Angola. She beat out contestants from 88 other countries to win the title on the pageant’s 60th anniversary.

And it was a question about beauty that helped her take the crown.

When asked what physical trait she would change, Lopes replied, “Thank God I’m very satisfied with the way God created me, and I wouldn’t change a thing.” She added, “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.”

The first runner-up after Lopes was 23-year-old Olesia Stefanko of Ukraine, followed by Priscila Machado of Brazil, where the competition was held.

Lopes replaces last year’s Miss Universe, Ximena Navarrete of Mexico.

Miss Universe is co-owned by Donald Trump and NBC.

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  • Junie

    Inner beauty does determine a lot about a person. It will shine on the outside with confidence and radiance. Leila’s family really instilled great principles in her. Why mention the vice president? Who is the president?

  • http://twitter.com/SuB_la SuBla

    That answer is so perfect.

  • http://xmodx.com/ Ashley Gomez

    great answer.. congrats to the new miss universe

  • bloggerista

    Perfect? I don’t even think she answered the question clearly.

  • Vangie

    THAT should be a eye opener, for all ot people who think, people who they think are so gorgeous, and wish they had, their hair eyes or legs, are just plain stupid!, and i sure are speaking to allot of females, who worship a certain movie star, and they all call them self by a certain name!no one say you cannot like a movie star, but worship? this should never be so,be satisfy, with whatever, you were bless with, and love yourself first. That was a great answer, at least, she she happy with what God has bless her with, congrats, MISS ANGOLA!

  • sensei

    why you didnt included the 4th and 3rd runner up?

  • CaliGirl

    Nice answer Miss Angola.:D
    But I think Miss Philippines should have gotten a higher score/rank.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=58004581 Nate Black

    You have to admit it was a bit contrived. Whatever, she looks like Ciara in these pics http://t.co/pVipW6v I’m sold

  • Chinobright

    congrat de new queen

  • http://twitter.com/FamousZee MissZee

    i’m learning a new country…never knew there was such a place

  • abby

    obviously,,,,,philippines got the brightest answer…no interprets, no translations, quick mind

  • Jag_grevy

    she didn’t answer the question actually..
    she was asked, “if given a chance to change…”
    and not “will you change…”

  • Jag_grevy

    she didn’t answer the question actually..
    she was asked, “if given a chance to change…”
    and not “will you change…”

  • jag_grevy

    For several years the Q&A was the “make or break” of the candidates to the Miss Universe. If that, together with the other main event rankings were to be the basis, Miss Philippines should have won or atleast landed 1st runner up. Angola was not even good on the ramp and was “belled” during the Q&A. I think that the Miss Universe is really a rip off with some political forces or Donald Trump agendas and interests playing behind the scenes. For example, Miss Venezuela and Miss USA deserved to be among the top contenders. Also, they removed the transparency of showing the scores given by each judge. The judges also claimed that they were not the ones who wrote the questions; they were handed over by the organizers. They also removed the “one question for all the top 5 finalists” where the other contestants were placed in a sound proof booth while waiting for their turn to answer the same q. So I think the whole thing is a set up. The organizer’s mistake was they showed the internet voting rankings which showed that Miss Philippines was the choice of people around the world while Miss Angola was the Miss Universe for a panel of 5 or more judges. Without the benefit of transparency, I even doubt it if the judges themselves are sure that the scores they gave were really reflected in the final tally. Placing Miss Philippines in the 3rd runner up now appears as a safety net to any further controversy that would arise if the organizers would opt for a portuguese-speaking candidate. But I commend Miss Philippines for the genuine humility by asking her countrymen not to fuel the controversy and instead accept the decision of the panel and/or the organizers with utmost humility.

  • jag_grevy

    For several years the Q&A was the “make or break” of the candidates to the Miss Universe. If that, together with the other main event rankings were to be the basis, Miss Philippines should have won or atleast landed 1st runner up. Angola was not even good on the ramp and was “belled” during the Q&A. I think that the Miss Universe is really a rip off with some political forces or Donald Trump agendas and interests playing behind the scenes. For example, Miss Venezuela and Miss USA deserved to be among the top contenders. Also, they removed the transparency of showing the scores given by each judge. The judges also claimed that they were not the ones who wrote the questions; they were handed over by the organizers. They also removed the “one question for all the top 5 finalists” where the other contestants were placed in a sound proof booth while waiting for their turn to answer the same q. So I think the whole thing is a set up. The organizer’s mistake was they showed the internet voting rankings which showed that Miss Philippines was the choice of people around the world while Miss Angola was the Miss Universe for a panel of 5 or more judges. Without the benefit of transparency, I even doubt it if the judges themselves are sure that the scores they gave were really reflected in the final tally. Placing Miss Philippines in the 3rd runner up now appears as a safety net to any further controversy that would arise if the organizers would opt for a portuguese-speaking candidate. But I commend Miss Philippines for the genuine humility by asking her countrymen not to fuel the controversy and instead accept the decision of the panel and/or the organizers with utmost humility.

  • Velez_liwag

    Miss angola doesn’t even know how to carry her gown. She was holding her trail while going down the stairs. She didn’t answer the question fully and the answer has no sense.

  • Frank A Hilario

    Miss Angola deserved to be only 4th runner-up – her answer to the final question was entirely wrong. Read my essay, “Oprah or no Oprah, Shamcey Supsup should be Miss Universe 2011,” (Creattitudes, blogspot.com).

  • Tomasdudor

    The whole thing seems rigged and there is no transparency in the judging. How were Australia, Colombia and Venezuela eliminated? Venezuela had a score (9.1) in the swimsuit competition which was much higher than whoever was ranked second (7.0) and she did not make it to the next round. Apparently, there are internal forces that are manipulating the results and did not want her to move to the next round. Of the last 5, maybe the Phillipines was a genuine candidate.

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