Miss Angola
Miss Angola is a national beauty pageant in Angola. The pageant was founded in 1997 where the winners were sent to Miss Universe. In 2022 the brand of Miss Angola also used the name of Miss Angola Universo or Miss Universo Angola, this is the organization's name for the Miss Universe competition.
The organization of Miss Angola has produced one Miss Universe winner; Leila Lopes of Benguela Province was crowned Miss Universe 2011, becoming the first black African to win Miss Universe since 1999.
History
Miss Angola was first founded in 1997 under the directorship of Ana Paula Lemos dos Santos, as the sole Angolan franchise owner to Miss World and Miss Universe. Within its first decade of competing internationally, Miss Angola had amassed six placements across the two pageants. In 2011, Leila Lopes was crowned Miss Universe 2011, becoming the first Angolan woman to win a major international pageant. In 2022, Lopes acquired the Miss Universe franchise license in Angola.Miss Universe 2011
On 12 September 2011, Miss Angola 2010, Leila 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 5th woman of African descent to win the title since the beginning of the worldwide pageant and the fourth African woman from the African continent to win following Mpule Kwelagobe, Miss Universe 1999 from Botswana.Directorships
- Ana Paula Lemos dos Santos
- Leila Lopes
Formats
- Miss Bengo
- Miss Banguela
- Miss Bié
- Miss Cabinda
- Miss Cuando Cubango
- Miss Cuanza Norte
- Miss Cuanza Sul
- Miss Cunene
- Miss Huambo
- Miss Huíla
- Miss Luanda
- Miss Luanda Norte
- Miss Lunda Sul
- Miss Malanje
- Miss Moxico
- Miss Namibe
- Miss Uíge
- Miss Zaire
- Miss Angola Benelux '
- Miss Angola Netherlands '
- Miss Angola UK ''''
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