Miss Universe 2011 Leila Lopes' victory was questioned after allegations that false documentation was used to help her to participate in Miss Universe pageant.
The Miss Universe Organization lead by Paula Schuggart, President, denied the alleged forgery of Leila Lopes' documentation by a person named Charles Mukano for the participation of the former to the pageant Miss Angola UK. Lopes won the Miss Angola UK title and that earn her participation to Miss Universe Angola pageant and Miss Universe 2011.
According to Argentine daily Infobae on Tuesday, the organizer of the the pageant that crowned her Miss Angola in her home country, a man by the name of Charles Mukano, apparently falsified the Lopes' documentation so that she could participate in the Miss Universe pageant.
The Infobae report went on to say that Mukano helped Lopes reach the Miss Angola UK pageant, in which only Angolan women who live in Great Britain participate, in spite of the fact that Lopes presumably lived in Angola.
The report also said that Mukano allegedly obtained false documentation that said Lopes is a business administration student in Great Britain. Also in 2009, Mukano was questioned about false documents he obtained after a Cape Verde citizen came close to winning Miss Angola.
The Miss Universe Organization also acknowledged a rumor that Lopes is of Cuban ancestry and speaks Spanish.
So far, Leila Lopes has not responded to the allegations. However, the Miss Universe Organization said in the Thursday email to AOL Latino that, "We also heard the rumor that her parents were from Cuba and [that] she speaks Spanish, which is false." The email went on to say that, "We have never heard of [Charles Mukano]. The national director who ran the Miss Angola pageant is Renato Guttler."
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