Miss Angola is a national

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. The pageant was founded in 1997, where the winners were sent to

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. Miss Angola has produced one Miss Universe winner;

Leila Lopes Leila Luliana da Costa Vieira Lopes Umenyiora (born 26 February 1986) is an Angolan model and beauty queen best known for having been crowned Miss Universe 2011. She had previously won Miss Angola UK 2010 and Miss Angola 2010. Early life Lop ...

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was crowned

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, becoming the first black African to win Miss Universe since

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History

Miss Angola was first founded in 1997, as the sole Angolan franchise owner to

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and

. Within its first decade of competing internationally, Miss Angola had amassed six placements across the two pageants. In 2011,

was crowned

, becoming the first Angolan woman to win a major international pageant.

Miss Universe license holder in Angola

* Ana Paula Lemos dos Santos (1998—2021) * Leila Lopes (2022—present)

International crowns

* One –

winner: **

(

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)

Gallery of winners

File:Miss Angola 07 Micalea Reis.jpg,

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, Miss Angola 2006 & Miss World 2007 1st Runner-up File:Miss Angola 08 Brigith dos Santos.jpg, Birgite dos Santos, Miss Angola 2008 1st Runner-up and Miss Angola Mundo 2008 File:LeilaLopesSpangdahlem.jpg,

,
Miss Angola 2010 and Miss Universe 2011 File:Vaumara Rebelo.jpg, Vaumara Rebelo, Miss Angola 2012

Titleholders

Wins by province

Titleholders under Comité Miss Angola

Miss Angola Universo

::''The Miss Angola represents her country at the

. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.''

Past titleholders under Comité Miss Angola

Miss Angola Mundo

::''Since inception, the runners-up of Miss Angola were sent to

. Afterwards, another Organization got the rights to the franchise titled "Miss Angola Mundo" to select their representatives in Miss World.''

Miss Angola Internacional

::''The Miss Angola represented her country at the

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and Telma de Jesus Sonhi was the first and the last Miss Angola who competed in

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history. Since 2005 there is no Angolan representative in the pageant.''

Notes

References

{{Miss Universe countries and territories Angola, Miss 1997 establishments in Angola

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