Leila Lopes from Angola was crowned Miss Universe Monday night, smoothly
handling an interview question about what physical trait she would
change if could, while wearing a strapless cream-colored gown.
Lopes, Angola’s first winner, beat out 88 other competitors to win the
title during the 60th anniversary of the world’s biggest beauty pageant.
She replaces last year’s winner, Ximena Navarrete of Mexico.
Thank God I’m very satisfied with the way God created me
and I wouldn’t change a thing,” Lopes said “I consider myself a woman endowed with inner beauty. I have
acquired many wonderful principals from my family and I intend to follow
these for the rest of my life.”
The first runner-up was 23-year-old Olesia Stefanko of Ukraine and the
second runner-up was Priscila Machado of Brazil. The third was Miss
Philippines and the fourth Miss China.
Contestants from 89 nations on six continents spent the past three weeks
in Sao Paulo, trying to learn samba dance steps, visiting impoverished
children and kicking a football around for cameras as the globe’s
biggest beauty contest is held in Brazil for the first time.
Paula Shugart, president of the Miss Universe organization, was hyped for the night.
“It’s our 60th anniversary, it’s a very big show,” she said. “We’re
anticipating close to a billion viewers from around the world.”
Shugart said it was fitting the globe’s biggest beauty pageant be held
in Brazil at this time, as the nation prepares to host some major events
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