Angola’s Leila Lopes crowned Miss Universe 2011; Philippines’ Supsup is 3rd runner-up: 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.
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.
Miss Philippines Shamcey Supsup was third-runner up in the pageant that was watched by an estimated one billion people around the world. The first runner-up was 23-year-old Olesia Stefanko of Ukraine, second runner-up was Priscila Machado of Brazil and the fourth Miss China.
“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.” (inquirer.net)
Palace hails Shamcey Supsup for Miss Universe feat: Malacañang on Tuesday congratulated Miss Philippines Shamcey Supsup for being the third runner-up in the recently-concluded Miss Universe 2011 pageant in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
“The humility, intellect, and grace that you exhibited during the competition embodied the spirit of the true Filipina," presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said at a press briefing.
“In our eyes, that is the true victory today—that the world stood witness to and found an appreciation for the ideals, values, and beauty that has long characterized our nation," he added. (gmanews.tv)
Miss Universe backlash: Miss France speaks out against Miss Angola: Miss France, Laury Thilleman, is offering some nasty, sore loser, sour grapes, culturally imperious comments about Miss Angola, Leila Lopes, who just won the 2011 Miss Universe pageant.
The French magazine Premiere.fr reports that Miss France, a top 10 finalist in the competition, made the comments during a telephone interview with the magazine. She said the win surprised her (actually she said all the contestants were surprised) and noted that Miss Angola hardly ever wore makeup and she often wore jeans. And she was reserved and lacking in personality. Oh, and the fact that the contest was held in Brazil played a role -- the implication being that Angola is a former Portuguese colony like Brazil. (If that’s the case then why didn’t they just elect Miss Brazil!? )
Here are Miss France’s quotes, as translated. Judge for yourself.
“She was the only girl I didn’t know very well. We didn’t see her much; she was very discreet. She was often in jeans and not wearing makeup. We were all surprised by her win. Many girls made efforts that were not rewarded. I don’t know, something is missing in her temperament. The fact that the competition was held in Brazil surely played a role.” (washingtonpost.com)
Shamcey's sweetheart adjusts to her hectic sked: Miss Universe 2011 third runner-up Shamcey Supsup said her boyfriend Lloyd Lee fully understands the changes in her life after the Miss Universe pageant.
Aside from adjusting to her celebrity status, Shamcey said she's trying her best to balance her activities so she can still have time for Lee.
"I think naman there's always time for everything. It's more of balancing. So I think I can balance it naman and it's a commitment that we are willing to work hard para sa amin," she told DZMM. (abs-cbnnews.com)
No controversy for Miss China: There is no controversy for Miss Universe China, the pageant's senior consultant, Michael J. Rosenthal has spoken out.
Earlier reports said that China's Luo Zilin, 24, had allegedly ingratiated herself with the pageant's judges in order to gain favours in the Miss Universe competition, Rosenthal has contacted The Daily Chilli exclusively to refute the ballyhoo surrounding Luo.
Luo, who emerged the fourth runner-up in the Miss Universe 2011 pageant held in Sao Paolo, Brazil last Tuesday, caused a stir when photographs of her with Brazilian businessman Alvaro Garnero, one of the pageant's judges emerged online.
Rosenthal claims that neither Luo nor Garnero knew he would be asked to become the pageant's judge when their meeting took place.
"Roseline (Luo) had lunch with Mr. Garnero two days before he was asked to be a judge by the Miss Universe organisation. At the time of the lunch, no one knew Mr. Garnero would be asked to become a judge and both Roseline and Mr. Garnero had openly published the photos online," Rosenthal wrote in his reply. (news.asiaone.com)
Leila Lopes, a deserving Miss Universe; Love her or keep quite!: She was probably the least known person among all the contests as some of the contestants who were interviewed actually did not consider her when they were thinking of who could pose a threat to their chance of winning the enviable Miss Universe Crown.
Her win came as a shock to many people including her own competitors. But after listening to her interviews, i can confidently say that Leila Lopes deserves it.
Leila knew her strong points and made use of them that day. According to her, she has never had cosmetic surgery of any kind and that her three tips for beauty were to get a lot of sleep, use sun block even when it's not sunny and to drink lots of water. She said her smile was her best weapon in the competition.
I am not surprised there are lots of criticisms from people who think other popular contestants should have won and that she even entered the competition through illegally. And to me, they are dreaming and should come out of their sleep because the world is no longer in 500 BC. We are in the 21 century where those who thought that certain people are incapable of becoming successful should think twice or better still, listen to the cry of this planet with their two ears. (modernghana.com)
Miss Universe 2011: India Shocked by Poor Performance: After the 2011 Miss Universe pageant, India couldn't believe that Vasuki Sunkavalli, Miss India 2011, failed to win the crown. Sunkavalli wasn't even a finalist; she was cut before judges selected the final 16 sixteen contents.
The result was a disappointment for India, which saw major pageant success over a decade ago, but has floundered in recent years. India is just one of 14 nations to have multiple Miss Universe winners: Lara Dutta took the prize in 2000 and new Delhi's Sushmita Sen won in 1994.
In the years between Sen's and Dutta's titles, every Miss India contestant made the final ten. But since Dutta's win, a Miss India has only broken into the top 10 four times, the best result being a 4th Runner-up nod in 2001. (ibtimes.com)
Miss U.S.A. 2011, Alyssa Campanella, Celebrating Her 'Homecoming' From The Miss Universe Pageant in Brazil: Alyssa Campanella, the recently-crowned Miss U.S.A. 2011, is back home, partying hard and celebrating her "homecoming", with her closest friends and family.
The 21-year-old Alyssa represented the U.S. in the recently concluded 2011 Miss Universe beauty paegent in Brazil. Unfortunately, she couldn't quite make it all the way to the title, finishing, creditably, nevertheless, in the Top 16.
However, she seems to have overcome any disappointment and is back to her normal life, after months of the taxing schedules at the competition. She is back tweeting, posting pictures on social networking sites and interacting with her fans. In fact, most recently Alyssa posted her "Homecoming Party" picture on her official Facebook fan page. (ibtimes.com)
Miss Universe Leila Lopes Responds to Her Haters and More: As Miss Universe 2011 Leila Lopes began her reign, there were reports with alleged claims that the African born pageant queen from the Portuguese speaking country of Angola was actually Cuban, she falsified documents to compete in Miss Universe and that she never attended business school in England. In recent weeks, Leila set the record straight noting she is 100 percent Angolan, her parents are not Cuban and she met all Miss Universe Pageant requirements.
In speaking with Chris Yandek of CYInterview.com in an interview that covered everything you’d want to know about the new Miss Universe, Ms. Lopes says has no idea why people would try to discredit her. She also noted she’s been working on her undergraduate business degree in England for two years.
“Oh my God, I don’t know. I really don’t. I know that every year a girl wins a competition, they’re always people talking something bad about it. But I don’t know why the people created stories like this. I don’t know… I’ve lived there [London] for almost four years and I’ve attended business school for two years.”
The new Miss Universe says she was surprised to win. However, Leila has believed in this dream since she was young. The African beauty queen wants everyone to know she’s kind and a normal person.
“You know, like, it’s a dream. Of course when I won I was surprised, but dreams are dreams you know. I’ve dreamed about it. Since I was young I’ve dreamed about it… I’m kind. I’m happy. I care about the others. I have charisma. Like, I’m telling you that, but also people also tell me that. .. I’m just a normal girl who dreams, who fights for what I believe. Yeah. I never give up even when people tell me that I can’t do something. But if I believe I can, I really fight for it.” (eurweb.com)
