Miss Universe 2011 Winning Contestant is Miss Angola Leila Lopes (PICTURES)

By Andrea Madambashi, Christian Post Correspondent

Miss Angola Leila Lopes was crowned Miss Universe 2011 on 12 September, in an extravaganza at the Credicard Hall in Sao Paolo, Brazil.

Miss Ukraine, Olesia Stefanko, was the first runner-up, while Miss Brazil, Priscila Machado became the second runner-up.

"Thank God I'm very satisfied with the way God created me and I wouldn't change a thing," Lopes said when asked her interview question. “I consider my self a woman endowed with inner beauty. I have acquired many wonderful principles from my family and I intend to follow these for the rest of my life."

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The following are pictures of the 2011 “Most Beautiful Woman in the Universe” Leila Lopes.

Miss Angola Leila Lopes steps forward after being chosen among the final five contestants of the Miss Universe 2011 pageant in Sao Paulo September 12, 2011.
Miss Angola Leila Lopes steps forward after being chosen among the final five contestants of the Miss Universe 2011 pageant in Sao Paulo September 12, 2011. | (Photo: REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker)
Miss Angola Leila Lopes is crowned by Miss Universe 2010 Ximena Navarrete of Mexico after being named Miss Universe 2011 during the Miss Universe pageant in Sao Paulo September 12, 2011.
Miss Angola Leila Lopes is crowned by Miss Universe 2010 Ximena Navarrete of Mexico after being named Miss Universe 2011 during the Miss Universe pageant in Sao Paulo September 12, 2011. | (Photo: REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker)
Miss Angola Leila Lopes (L), Miss Brazil Priscila Machado (C) and Miss Ukraine Olesia Stefanko await the judges' final decision during the Miss Universe pageant in Sao Paulo September 12, 2011. Miss Angola won the title, with Miss Ukraine as first runner-up and Miss Brazil as second runner-up.
Miss Angola Leila Lopes (L), Miss Brazil Priscila Machado (C) and Miss Ukraine Olesia Stefanko await the judges' final decision during the Miss Universe pageant in Sao Paulo September 12, 2011. Miss Angola won the title, with Miss Ukraine as first runner-up and Miss Brazil as second runner-up. | (Photo: REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker)

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