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Leila Lopes was crowned Miss Universe 2011 in Sao Paulo, Brazil on September 12, the first woman from Angola to win the high profile pageant.

The statuesque 25-year-old beat out 88 contestants last night and will now head to New York City, where she will live for the next year while executing the duties of her new position. Leila will share a luxury penthouse apartment with the reigning Miss USA and Miss Teen USA.

When asked by a pageant judge what she would change about her physical appearance, Leila responded, “Thank God I’m very satisfied with the way God created me and I wouldn’t change a thing. I consider myself a woman endowed with inner beauty.”

The newly-crowned Miss Universe will champion HIV advocacy worldwide.

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