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Leila Lopes from Angola is crowned Miss Universe, beating out 88 competitors
SAO PAULO — Leila Lopes from Angola is crowned Miss Universe, beating out 88 competitors.
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Monday, September 12, 2011
Leila Lopes (pictured above), from Angola is crowned Miss Universe, beating out 88 competitors.
An African beauty queen has not been crowned Miss Universe since 1999, when Miss Botswana, Mpule Kwelagobe, took the crown. Lopes’s win will draw attention to the plight of her country, which is battling extreme poverty.
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