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Angola's Leila Lopes Wins Miss Universe
Leila Lopes of Angola was crowned Miss Universe at the 60th annual pageant in Sao Paulo, becoming her nation's first winner.A Benguela native, she promised to be an activist, saying: "I've worked with various social causes. I work with poor kids, I work in the fight against HIV. I work to protect the elderly and I have to do everything that my country needs. I think now ...
Leila Lopes of Angola was crowned Miss Universe at the 60th annual pageant in Sao Paulo, becoming her nation's first winner.
A Benguela native, she promised to be an activist, saying: "I've worked with various social causes. I work with poor kids, I work in the fight against HIV. I work to protect the elderly and I have to do everything that my country needs. I think now as Miss Universe I will be able to do much more."
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The 25-year-old Lopes beat out 88 other women for the title, including first runner-up Olesia Stefanko of Ukraine and second runner-up Priscila Machado of Brazil. Shamcey Supsup of the Philippines and Luo Zilin of China rounded out the top 5.Lopes succeeds Ximena Navarrete of Mexico.Watch Lopes' crowning moment: