Leila Lopes On August 3, 2011

By Cambokhmer Daily on 8.03.2011

Leila Lopes, Miss Angola 2011:

Leila Lopes crowned Miss Angola 2011

Born Leila Luliana da Costa Vieira Lopes
February 26, 1986 (age 25)
Benguela, Angola
Other names Leila Lopes
Residence United Kingdom
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Hair color Dark brown
Eye color Dark brown
Title(s) Miss Angola UK 2011
Miss Angola 2011
Major
competition(s) Miss Angola 2011
(Winner)
(Miss Photogenic)
Miss Universe 2011
Leila Luliana da Costa Vieira Lopes (born February 26, 1986) is an Angolan beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Angola 2011 and will represent her country in the 2011 Miss Universe pageant.

Born in Benguela, Angola to parents from Cape Verde, Lopes is a business management student in Great Britain, where she was crowned Miss Angola UK on October 8, 2010, the official representative of the Angolan community in the United Kingdom to the 2011 Miss Angola pageant.

Lopes, who stands 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) tall, competed as one of 21 finalists in her country’s national beauty pageant, Miss Angola, held in Luanda on December 18, 2010, where she obtained the Photogenic Award and became the eventual winner of the title, gaining the right to represent Angola in Miss Universe 2011.

As the official representative of her country to the 2011 Miss Universe pageant, broadcast live from São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011, Lopes will vie to succeed current Miss Universe titleholder, Ximena Navarrete of Mexico.