Leila Lopes (Miss Universe)
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Lopes at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival world premiere of Mansome
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| Born |
Leila Luliana da Costa Vieira Lopes 26 February 1986 Benguela, Angola |
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| Other names | Leila Lopes |
| Residence | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) |
| Title(s) | Miss Angola UK 2010 Miss Angola 2010 Miss Universe 2011 |
| Major competition(s) |
Miss Angola 2010 (Winner) (Miss Photogenic) Miss Universe 2011 (Winner) |
| Spouse | Osi Umenyiora (m. 2015) |
Leila Luliana da Costa Vieira Lopes Umenyiora (born 26 February 1986) is an Angolan actress, TV Host, model and beauty queen who won the titles of Miss Angola UK 2010, Miss Angola 2010 and Miss Universe 2011.
Lopes was born on 26 February 1986 in Benguela, Angola. Prior to being a contestant in beauty pageants, she studied business management at University of Suffolk in Ipswich, England. Lopes is actively involved in raising awareness about HIV/AIDS and the discrimination that people with the disease experience.
While living and studying in England, she participated in Miss Angola UK on 8 October 2010. Lopes won the title, giving her the opportunity to represent the British Angolan community in Miss Angola 2011.
Lopes beat 20 other candidates to be named Miss Angola in Luanda on 18 December 2010, gaining her the right to represent Angola in Miss Universe 2011. She also obtained the Photogenic Award during the contest.
On 12 September 2011, Lopes was crowned Miss Universe in São Paulo, Brazil, receiving the title from the former Miss Universe Ximena Navarrete of Mexico. She is currently the 60th Miss Universe titleholder, and is the first Angolan woman to hold the position. Lopes is the seventh woman of African descent to win the title since the beginning of the worldwide pageant (following Miss Trinidad and Tobago in 1977, Miss South Africa in 1978, Miss Namibia in 1992, Miss USA in 1995, Miss Trinidad and Tobago 1998, and Miss Botswana in 1999) and the fourth African woman from the African continent 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.
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