SAO PAULO (AFP) – Angola’s Leila Lopes has become the new Miss Universe, edging out beauties from Ukraine, Brazil, the Philippines and China as the pageant marked its 60th anniversary.
Lopes, 25, wearing a glittery strapless gown with feathery fringe, accepted the crown on Monday from last year’s winner, Mexico’s Ximena Navarrete, after upsetting a line-up of Latin American beauties who had been favored to win.
Ninety-eight young women took part in the contest — in South America’s largest city, Brazil’s industrial hub of Sao Paulo — watched by an estimated one billion people around the world.Contestants Profile.
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