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Miss Angola Leila Lopes participates in the swimsuit segment of the Miss Universe 2011 pageant in Sao Paulo. Photo: Reuters
Miss Angola Leila Lopes is crowned by Miss Universe 2010 Ximena Navarrete of Mexico after being named Miss Universe 2011 during the Miss Universe pageant in Sao Paulo. Photo: Reuters
Miss Angola Leila Lopes is crowned by Miss Universe 2010 Ximena Navarrete of Mexico after being named Miss Universe 2011 during the Miss Universe pageant in Sao Paulo. Photo: Reuters
Miss Angola Leila Lopes steps forward after being chosen among the final ten contestants of the Miss Universe 2011 pageant in Sao Paulo. Photo: Reuters
Miss Angola Leila Lopes is kissed by Miss Universe 2010 Ximena Navarrete of Mexico after being named Miss Universe 2011 during the Miss Universe pageant in Sao Paulo. Photo: Reuters
Miss Angola Leila Lopes (front, R) participates in the evening gown segment of the Miss Universe 2011 pageant in Sao Paulo. At rear from L-R: Miss Brazil Priscila Machado, Miss China Luo Zilin, Miss Philippines Shamcey Supsup, and Miss Ukraine Olesia Stefanko. Photo: Reu ...
Miss Angola Leila Lopes participates in the evening gown segment of the Miss Universe 2011 pageant in Sao Paulo. Photo: Reuters
The top ten finalists stand together during the Miss Universe pageant in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Photo: AP
Miss Angola Leila Lopes competes in the Miss Universe pageant in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Lopes was crowned Miss Universe 2011. Photo: AP
Miss Angola Leila Lopes, left, is crowned Miss Universe 2011 by Miss Universe 2010 Ximena Navarrete, of Mexico, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Photo: AP
Miss Angola Leila Lopes (R) reacts as she hears the judges' decision choosing her as Miss Universe 2011 during the Miss Universe pageant in Sao Paulo. With Miss Angola is Miss Ukraine Olesia Stefanko, chosen as runner-up. Photo: Reuters
Miss Angola Leila Lopes steps forward after being chosen among the final five contestants of the Miss Universe 2011 pageant in Sao Paulo. Photo: Reuters

Gallery: The African Miss Universe

Miss Angola Leila Lopes was crowned Miss Universe after dazzling a panel of judges with her beauty and impressing them with her brain.

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ImpulseRelay, wrote

04:59pm on 13 September 2011

:D She is gorgeous, Viva Africa!!!

Anonymous, wrote

04:33pm on 13 September 2011

English might not be important for her to speak....

Zambezi, wrote

04:10pm on 13 September 2011

@Confidence... Um maybe because she is from Angola - a former Portugese Colony. Guess you don't know much about Africa except for South Africa.

Anonymous, wrote

03:56pm on 13 September 2011

Real African beauty... I'm relocating to Angola.

Anonymous, wrote

02:47pm on 13 September 2011

I cannot understand the ignorance that people like @Confidence is portraying. Obviously hisher world is very limited to his immediate community. Let me educate you - people speak various languages other than English around the world. The competition is a Miss "Universe" pageant, so one must conclude that some of the competitors do not speak English. One does not have to know English to win a competition.

Anonymous, wrote

01:30pm on 13 September 2011

She's beautiful, whether she speaks English or not I dnt think it really matter...

dee, wrote

01:28pm on 13 September 2011

most of the ppl who win miss universe or miss world, their english is very bad. im proud of her, english or no english. we are proudly africans.

anonymous, wrote

01:24pm on 13 September 2011

sge is gourge. at last Africa is really on the map. where is our Miss South Africa

Anonymous, wrote

01:18pm on 13 September 2011

She's an African from Africa and not from England!

@Confidence, wrote

12:38pm on 13 September 2011

Because she can’t. Not everyone can speak English hey, check most foreigners, in fact let me not waste my time trying to inform you.

Miche, wrote

12:38pm on 13 September 2011

confidence can you speak french or portuguese

Anonymous, wrote

12:19pm on 13 September 2011

you dont have to speak english to be Miss Universe

Jd, wrote

12:13pm on 13 September 2011

Nice one girl, you dnt need English to be Beautiful... Congrats

Confidence, wrote

11:53am on 13 September 2011

i dont understand the fact she cant speak English,Why

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