African Celebrities: Leila Lopes

Sunday 9 February 2014

Leila Lopes

Leila Luliana da Costa Vieira Lopes popularly known as Leila Lopes is an Angolan beauty queen who won the titles of Miss Angola UK 2010, Miss Angola 2010 and Miss Universe 2011. She was born on February 26, 1986 in Benguela, Angola.

Leila Lopes studied Business Management at University Campus Suffolk in Ipswich, England.

While living and studying in England, she participated in Miss Angola UK on October, 8, 2010. Leila Lopes won the title, giving her the opportunity to represent the British Angolan community in Miss Angola 2011.

On September 12, 2011 Leila Lopes was crowned Miss Universe in Sao Paulo, Brazil, receiving the title from the former Miss Universe Ximena Navarrete of Mexico. She is currently the 60th Miss Universe titleholder, and is the first Angolan woman to hold the position. She is the sixth woman of African descent to win the title since the beginning of the worldwide pageant.

In February 2013, she became engaged to Atlanta Faleons defensive end Osi Umenyiora in Monaco.