Miss Universe 2011 is Leila Lopes of Angola!

Posted by Norman on September 13, 2011
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Leila Lopes of Angola being crowned Miss Universe 2011 by last year's winner Ximena Navarrete.

The dust has settled a bit after Miss Angola LEILA LULIANA DA COSTA VIEIRA LOPES nailed a glorious achievement by winning the Miss Universe 2011 crown – the 60th in a long line of titleholders from the 1950s to the present. She surpassed the competition from 88 equally stunning ladies during the worldwide telecast of the biggest global pageant from Credicard Hall in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Last two women standing: Olesya Stefanko of Ukraine (L) and Leila Lopes of Angola (Photo credit: Fotoarena)

First Runner-Up is Olesia Stefanko of Ukraine. Second Runner-Up is Priscila Machado of Brazil, with 3rd Runner-Up honors going to Shamcey Supsup of the Philippines. Completing the Top 5 is 4th Runner-Up Zilin Luo of China. Heavy favorites from the USA and Venezuela reached the Top 16, but no further than that. The biggest shock, though, was the non-inclusion of ever-popular Miss Malaysia Deborah Henry in the quarterfinals. It must have come as a shock to her countrymen. And the surprise of the night, on the other hand, is Miss Portugal Laura Goncalvez making it to the Top 10. Hometown bet Priscila Machado made the Brazilians proud when she climbed all the way to 2nd Runner-Up.

Miss Universe 2011 Top 5 (L-R) Leila Lopes of Angola, Priscila Machado of Brazil, Zilin Luo of China, Shamcey Supsup of the Philippines and Olesia Stefanko of Ukraine. (Photo credit: Fotoarena)

Leila Lopes getting sashed as Miss Universe 2011 (Photo credit: Fotoarena)

Complete Set of Winners, Semifinalists and Quarterfinalists:
Miss Universe 2011: Miss Angola LEILA LULIANA DA COSTA VIEIRA LOPES

1st Runner-Up: Miss Ukraine Olesia Stefanko

2nd Runner-Up: Miss Brazil Priscila Machado

3rd Runner-Up: Miss Philippines Shamcey Supsup

4th Runner-Up: Miss China Zilin Luo

Miss Universe 2011 Top 10 (Photo credit: Fotoarena)

Rest of Top 10 Semifinalists:
Miss Australia Scherri-Lee Biggs
Miss Costa Rica Johanna Solano
Miss France Laury Thilleman
Miss Panama Sheldry Saez
Miss Portugal Laura Goncalvez

Rest of Top 16 Quarterfinalists:
Miss Colombia Catalina Robayo
Miss Kosovo Aferdita Dreshaj
Miss Netherlands Kelly Weekers
Miss Puerto Rico Viviana Ortiz
Miss USA Alyssa Campanella
Miss Venezuela Vanessa Goncalves

Board of Judges:
Adrienne Maloof / Amelia Vega
Connie Chung / Farouk Shami
Helio Castroneves / Isabelli Fontana
Italo Zanzi / Lea Salonga
Vivica Fox / Ana Paula Junqueira

Miss China Zilin Luo being awarded 4th Runner-Up...she wasn't pleased. (Photo credit: Fotoarena)

Miss Philippines Shamcey Supsup after she was called to the Top 5 (Photo credit: Fotoarena)

Miss Universe 2011 Leila Lopes (back to the camera) being hugged and swarmed by all the delegates (Photo credit: Fotoarena)

Congratulations to all the winners! But most of all, our warm felicitations to my girl Shamcey Supsup for placing 4th and to Leila Lopes, Miss Universe 2011!

18 comments on “Miss Universe 2011 is Leila Lopes of Angola!”

  1. Oprah Winfrey say’s via NBC News
    “I have reservations with the results. If the only basis is the Q and A portion, after having been trimmed down to 5, Ms. Philippines deserved to win. What made her different from the rest is that she had no seconds to rethink of her answer as she had no interpreter to break the ice. The rest had their interpreters and having breaks on seconds to think about their answers. Hands down, Ms. Philippines answered straight to the point.”

  2. Hey have you read what Oprah said on NBC? She said shamcey should’ve won because she’s the only one who didnt need an interpreter. She said those who have interpreters tend to have the time to think for their answers when the interpreter interrupt to translate the candidates answer. Unlike those who prefer to answer the question instantly. Make sense…hmm

  3. Miss universe is really plagued by conspiracies, controversies and shared a good amount of bias. Hoho i didnt know angolan’s and brazil speak portugese. I thought african and spanish? Haha stupid me. I think asians are really underrated these past few years since our Rio Mori won. Shame on you Donald Trumpppppp!!!!!

    • They probably felt that Riyo Mori’s win was too recent a victory to have another Asian take the crown. Of course, that’s just me thinking out loud. 🙂

  4. shamcey still a winner for us. mabuhay ka SHAMCEY!!! I agree its a very big disappointment for shamcey to only bagged the 3rd runnerup when at least she should be head to head with Ms Angola. politics nga naman

  5. Hey bud how come miss angola wasnt included in your top 5? Me and my college classmates had a betting game. Of course i gambled on miss phil shamcey, and as u see i lost. The rule is if shamcey didnt make it to the top or at least 1st runner up i will have to pay our bills on a karaoke bar food included. Sounds unfair huh. Oh well i lost and paid it. But dont get me wrong, i didnt regret it. Funny but i think i have a huge crush for shamcey! Haha what isthe reaction of your country about her?

    • Hotaru, the whole Philippines was ecstatic with Shamcey’s achievement. They would’ve wanted a 3rd Miss Universe crown for the country, but it wasn’t meant to be for now. Anyways, I didn’t include Angola in my Top 5 because I saw her as one beautiful candidate who lacks the spark and the spunk to just rely on her refreshing aura to win the crown. But then again, the wave of cheers and support from the predominantly Portuguese audience at the venue helped in somehow influencing the judges to give her the nod. And have you noticed how countries with Portuguese links performed well? Angola won. Brazil placed 3rd. Portugal is in the Top 10. It all came together in the judges’ final ranking towards the end where Leila Lopes would be a popular winner instead of a hometown decision for Brazil. Shamcey was caught in the middle of all this. Even Ukraine and China.

      • Kuya Normz, one thing that we have proven now is we’re back in the ball game of pageants, our organizers and fellow Filipino men are hyped enough now to bring back the most prestigious crown! hope next time will be a sure win already! kudos to BPCI!

  9. Shamcey gave the best answer there and she should have at least bagged 1st runner up. arggghhh to Donald Trump!

  10. I am quite surprised with the results. But miss angola’s win is very well deserved. Congratulations also to miss philippines for making to the top 3. I still love her 🙂

    • I was hoping for a higher placement for Shamcey. Her answer during the Q&A was strong and heartfelt. At any rate, I’m so proud of our girl! 😉

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