Miss Universe 2011 pageant has finally announced its winner, Miss Angola Leila Lopes. She succeeded last year's winner, Ximena Navarrete of Mexico.
Lopes successfully defeated a total of 89 contestants at the beauty contest.
She won at the first place with Miss Ukraine Olesya Stefanko at the first runner-up. Meanwhile, Miss Brazil Priscila Machado, landed on the second runner-up. Miss Philippines Shamcey Supsup and Miss China Zilin Luo were at the third and fourth runner-up respectively.
The new Miss Universe is 25 years of age and stands 1.78 m. tall. She was raised in Benguela.
Earlier, five other contestants of the beauty pageant who made it to top ten but weren't selected into top five were Miss Australia Scherri-Lee Biggs, Miss France Laury Thilleman, Miss Portugal Laura Goncalves, Miss Costa Rica Johanna Solano and Miss Panama Sheldry Saez.
The rest of the Top 16 were Miss USA Alyssa Campanella, Miss Venezuela Vanessa Goncalves, Miss Kosovo Aferdita Dreshaj, Miss Netherlands Kelly Weekers, Miss Colombia Catalina Robayo, and Miss Puerto Rico Viviana Ortiz.
Miss Portugal Laura Goncalves was named People's Choice that made her way to be included in the Top 16 semi-finalist.
Miss Universe 2011 pageant was held at the Sao Paulo's Credicard Hall on Monday night, September 12. A total of 89 contestants at the big event, which is co-owned by Donald Trump and NBC, were judged by Tony Award winning actress and singer Lea Salonga, Indianapolis 500 star Helio Castroneves, Adrienne Maloof, Miss Universe 2003 Amelia Vega, journalist Connie Chung, supermodel Isabelli Fontana, actress Vivica Fox, Chi Inventor Farouk Shami and Italo Zanzi, Deputy Secretary General of CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Carribean Association of Football).
Miss Universe 2011 Pageant Summary:
1st Runner-Up: Miss UKRAINE, Olesya Stefanko
2nd Runner-Up: Miss BRAZIL, Priscila Machado
3rd Runner-Up: Miss PHILIPPINES, Shamcey Supsup
4th Runner-Up: Miss CHINA, Zilin Luo
Miss Congeniality: Miss Montenegro Nicolina Loncar
Miss Photogenic: Miss Sweden, Ronnia Fornstedt
Best National Costume: Miss Panama, Sheldry Saez
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