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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!

Miss Universe 2011: My Favorite Glamshots

Posted by Norman on September 7, 2011
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In keeping with the true spirit of host country Brazil, the glamshots of Miss Universe 2011 are played with the themes of carnival and samba. And just looking at all 89 photographs taken by Fadil Berisha is enough to put me into a state of fun and fieriness…and so did the girls’ poses. I chose 15, presented in alphabetical order, which stood out from the rest. Sway those hips now!

Miss Angola Leila Lopes

Miss Argentina Natalie Rodriguez

Miss Australia Scherri-Lee Biggs

Miss Bahamas Anastagia Pierre

Miss Brazil Priscila Machado

Miss China Zilin Luo

Miss Colombia Catalina Robayo

Miss Greece Iliana Papageorgiou

Miss Hungary Betta Lipcsei

Miss Kosovo Aferdita Dreshaj

Miss Mexico Karin Ontiveros

Miss Philippines Shamcey Supsup

Miss Puerto Rico Viviana Ortiz

Miss Serbia Anja Šaranović

Miss Spain Paula Guillo

Miss Thailand Chanyasorn Sakornchan

Reviewing my 15 glamshot picks, I would have to give the Top 5 to Serbia’s Anja Šaranović, Brazil’s Priscila Machado, Colombia’s Catalina Robayo, Kosovo’s Aferdita Dreshaj and Greece’s Iliana Papageorgiou. Tough to rank them, but it needs to be done.

Who tops your glamshot list? 🙂

Miss Universe 2011: Meet the Media

Posted by Norman on September 2, 2011
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Miss Venezuela Vanessa Goncalvez posing for photographers during the Miss Universe 2011 media junket.

I don’t want to read too much into the selection, but twenty Miss Universe 2011 contenders were handpicked to attend the media junket which saw reporters and photographers from various press groups dishing out their questions and flash bulbs to the ladies who were only too willing to smile and oblige. Could they be the favorites of the locals or the preferred spokespersons of the organizers or a mix of both? Anyways, here are the 20 beauties who were present during the same.

Miss Angola Leila Lopes

Miss Argentina Natalia Rodriguez

Miss Australia Scherri-Lee Biggs

Miss Bahamas Anastagia Pierre

Miss Bolivia Olivia Pinheiro

Miss Brazil Priscila Machado

Miss Chile Vanessa Ceruti

Miss China Zilin Luo

Miss Colombia Catalina Robayo

Miss Costa Rica Johanna Solano

Miss Dominican Republic Dalia Fernandez

Miss Japan Maria Kamiyama

Miss Netherlands Kelly Weekers

Miss Peru Natalie Vertiz

Miss Philippines Shamcey Supsup

Miss Portugal Laura Goncalves

Miss Puerto Rico Viviana Ortiz

Miss Spain Paula Guillo

Miss USA Alyssa Campanella

Miss Venezuela Vanessa Goncalvez

Miss Universe 2011: These girls have landed!

Posted by Norman on August 22, 2011
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Below are some of the 89 confirmed beauty queens who have already arrived in Sao Paulo, Brazil for Miss Universe 2011. More of the delegates are scheduled to land or have already landed as I am writing this post.

Miss Argentina, Natalia Rodriguez

Miss Aruba, Gillain Berry

Miss Australia, Scherri-Lee Biggs

Miss China, Luo Zilin

Miss Colombia, Catalina Robayo

Miss Costa Rica, Johanna Solano

Miss Croatia, Natalija Prica

Miss Denmark, Sandra Amer

Miss France, Laury Thilleman

Miss Germany, Valeria Bystritskaya

Miss Ghana, Yayra Erica Nego

Miss Indonesia, Nadine Ames

Miss Korea, Jung So-ra

Miss Malaysia, Deborah Priya Henry

Miss Netherlands, Kelly Weekers

Miss Paraguay, Alba Riquelme

Miss Philippines, Shamcey Supsup

Miss Poland, Rozalia Mancewicz

Miss Puerto Rico, Viviana Ortiz

Miss Russia, Natalia Gantimurova

Miss Spain, Paula Guillo

Miss Sweden, Ronnia Fornstedt

Miss Thailand, Chanyasorn Sakornchan

Miss USA, Alyssa Campanella

Miss Vietnam, Vu Thi Hoang My

Miss Universe 2011 fever is really on!!! 🙂