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Nelsa Alves
Nelsa Alves (born July, 6 1987) is an Angolan model and beauty pageant titleholder who was the competitor at Miss Universe 2009. She won the title of Miss Ingombota on her debut as a model, and subsequently sought to promote good causes. Early life Nelsa Suraia Pombal Alves was born on 6 July 1987 in the Angolan city of Luanda. Pageant career Alves made her catwalk debut at the Miss Ingombota competition in 2009. She had never dreamed of becoming a model, but applied to gain some experience after the encouragement of family and friends. The competition was her modelling debut. She was successful, winning the title and subsequently the title of Miss Luanda, making her eligible to be one of the 24 competitors for the title of Miss Angola 2009. At the pageant in December 2008, held at the Atlântico cinema, she was named Miss Angola and the successor to Lesliana Pereira. Her prize package included a Volkswagen Gol, $3000 and a white gold diamond ring. This victory qualified Alves fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luanda
Luanda () is the capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Angola's administrative centre, its chief seaport, and also the capital of the Luanda Province. Luanda and its metropolitan area is the most populous Portuguese-speaking capital city in the world and the most populous Lusophone city outside Brazil, with over 8.3 million inhabitants in 2020 (a third of Angola's population). Among the oldest colonial cities of Africa, it was founded in January 1576 as ''São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda'' by Portuguese explorer Paulo Dias de Novais. The city served as the centre of the slave trade to Brazil before its prohibition. At the start of the Angolan Civil War in 1975, most of the white Portuguese left as refugees, principally for Portugal. Luanda's population increased greatly from refugees fleeing the war, but its infrastructure was inadequate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angolan Beauty Pageant Winners
Angolan may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Angola *Angolan people; see Demographics of Angola * Angolan culture * Angolar Creole *Something of, from, or related to the historical Bantu Kingdom of Ndongo The Kingdom of Ndongo, formerly known as Angola or Dongo, was an early-modern African state located in what is now Angola. The Kingdom of Ndongo is first recorded in the sixteenth century. It was one of multiple vassal states to Kongo, though ... *A resident of: ** Angola, New York ** Angola, Kansas See also * List of Angolans * Languages of Angola * * Angola (other) *'' Angolanidade'' ("Angolan-ness") {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angolan Female Models
Angolan may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Angola *Angolan people; see Demographics of Angola *Angolan culture *Angolar Creole *Something of, from, or related to the historical Bantu Kingdom of Ndongo *A resident of: **Angola, New York **Angola, Kansas See also *List of Angolans *Languages of Angola * *Angola (other) *''Angolanidade Angolanidade ( en, Angolanness or Angolanity) is the national identity of Angola.James, W. Martin. ''Historical Dictionary of Angola'', 2004. Page 28. It can also be described as Angolan cultural patriotism. Much of what is today considered angola ...'' ("Angolan-ness") {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Luanda
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1987 Births
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Larissa Costa
Larissa Costa Silva de Oliveira (born March 9, 1984), commonly known as Larissa Costa, is a Brazilian beauty queen who won the Miss Brasil 2009. Larissa Costa represented Brazil in the Miss Universe 2009. Biography Born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, she is graduated in pedagogy, and works in the Secretaria de Educação de Natal (Secretariat of Education of Natal). Pageants Larissa Costa won the Miss Rio Grande do Norte in 2009, representing the city of São Gonçalo do Amarante. She won the national pageant in 2009 representing Rio Grande do Norte state. She beat the 1st runner-up, Rayanne Morais, of Minas Gerais state and the 2nd runner-up, Denise Ribeiro, of the Distrito Federal. Larissa Costa's coronation as Miss Brasil ended her region's 20-year period without winning the beauty contest, as in 1989, Flávia Cavalcante, from Ceará state, won the contest. She represented Brazil at the Miss Universe 2009 in Nassau, Bahamas The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Bittencourt
Caroline Bittencourt (December 13, 1981 – April 28, 2019) was a Brazilian model and television presenter. Career In 1997, at the age of fifteen, Bittencourt began her career as a model. Bittencourt had lived in Italy and modelled for designers including Valentino Garavani and Roberto Cavalli. On television, she worked for RedeTV! Bittencourt was a reporter for the ''Top Report'' and on RecordTV in the ''Hoje em Dia'' programme. Filmography Television Internet Cinema Personal life Isabelle Bittencourt is her daughter. On January 26, 2019, Bittencourt married businessman Jorge Sestini in a ceremony in São Miguel dos Milagres. Disappearance and death Caroline Bittencourt disappeared on the afternoon of 28 April 2019, around 4.30pm, when she was taking a boat trip in Ilhabela, on the coast of state of São Paulo. During a strong storm in the area, the boat capsized, throwing those onboard into the sea. Caroline tried to save her dogs, moving further away from the boat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniela Escobar
Daniela Escobar Duncan (born 16 January 1969) is a Brazilian actress, television presenter and voice actress. Biography Escobar was born in São Borja, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil At the age of ten, she moved with her family to Porto Alegre, Brazil. Her father Joao Carlos Escobar is a corporate lawyer and author, and her mother Lucia Iara Tatsch, an English teacher. Escobar's ancestry includes German, Austrian, and Portuguese. Career Escobar began her acting career in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 19 years old. In 1990 she made the transition from stage to television. From 1994 to 2015 she was contracted to star in a myriad of prime time popular television shows for TV Globo Brasil appearing in more than 25 TV Series as well as a series of independent movies. She starred in the film ''Diário de um Novo Mundo''. Her most memorable performance was in ''O Clone'' novel 2001, where she played a mother who suffers and struggles to regain the trust of her daught ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micaela Reis
Micaela Patrícia Reis (born December 21, 1988) is an Angolan actress, TV Host, model and beauty queen who was a Top 10 finalist at Miss Universe 2007 and placed first runner-up to Miss World 2007, becoming Miss World Africa. She was the highest placed Miss Angola at both Miss Universe and Miss World before the win of Leila Lopes in Miss Universe 2011. Early life Reis was born on December 21, 1988 in Luanda Province, Angola. Reis' Portuguese father died before her birth, so she was raised by her Angolan mother and her older siblings. She won the 2007 Miss Angola contest in December 2006 representing Angolans in Portugal. Pageantry Miss Universe 2007 Reis made it into the Top 10 at the 2007 Miss Universe pageant held in Mexico City, Mexico on 28 May 2007. She placed 5th in swimsuit with a score of 9.150 and then 7th in evening gown with a score of 8.363. She finished 7th overall. Miss World 2007 After Miss Universe, Reis went on to compete at the 2007 Miss World pageant, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angola
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