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Miss Angola is now Miss Universe 2011
  • | AP | September 13, 2011 11:25 AM

Leila Lopes from Angola was crowned Miss Universe Monday night, smoothly handling an interview question about what physical trait she would change if could, while wearing a strapless cream-colored gown.

Miss Angola Leila Lopes, left, is crowned Miss Universe 2011 by Miss Universe 2010 Ximena Navarrete, of Mexico, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sept. 12, 2011.

Lopes, Angola\'s first winner, beat out 88 other competitors to win the title during the 60th anniversary of the world\'s biggest beauty pageant. She replaces last year\'s winner, Ximena Navarrete of Mexico.

"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 myself a woman endowed with inner beauty. I have acquired many wonderful principals from my family and I intend to follow these for the rest of my life."

The first runner-up was 23-year-old Olesia Stefanko of Ukraine and the second runner-up was Priscila Machado of Brazil. The third was Miss Philippines and the fourth Miss China.

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