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Miss Angola
National beauty pageant competition in Angola From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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.
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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.[1] 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.[2][3] She is currently the 60th Miss Universe titleholder, and is the first Angolan woman to hold the position.[4] Lopes is the 5th woman of African descent to win the title since the beginning of the worldwide pageant (following Miss Trinidad and Tobago in 1977, Miss USA in 1995, Miss Trinidad and Tobago again in 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.
Directorships
- Ana Paula Lemos dos Santos (1997-2019)
- Leila Lopes (2022―present)
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Formats
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The Miss Angola competition holds provincial contests every year, with 18 delegates across Angola with three overseas competitors.
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Angola representatives at international pageants
Miss Angola Universo
- : Declared as Winner
- : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
- : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
- : Ended as special awards winner
- The main winner of Miss Angola represents Angola at Miss Universe pageant. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.
Miss Angola Mundo
- : Declared as Winner
- : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
- : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
- : Ended as special awards winner
- Before 2013 the 1st Runner-up of Miss Angola participated at Miss World pageant, but in some years the main winner also represented the Angola at Miss World. From 2013, a new foundation called Miss Angola Mundo pageant independently selected Angolan representation to Miss World.
Miss Angola Internacional
- : Declared as Winner
- : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
- : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
- : Ended as special awards winner
- The Miss International Angola was declared by the Miss Angola Organization. In 2004 Angola debuted at Miss International, and Miss Angola 2003, Telma de Jesus Sonhi went to China at Miss International in 2004. That year is the only edition of Angola competing in history under Miss Angola Organization.
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Gallery of winners
Micaela Reis, Miss Angola 2006 & Miss World 2007 first runner-up
Birgite dos Santos, Miss Angola 2008 first runner-up and Miss Angola Mundo 2008
Leila Lopes,
Miss Angola 2010 and Miss Universe 2011
Vaumara Rebelo, Miss Angola 2012
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