And Miss Universe 2011 is.....

A new Miss Universe was crowned Monday night: She's Miss Angola, business student Leila Lopes, and she plans to work on HIV advocacy worldwide, in addition to helping her own country.

"As Miss Angola I've already done a lot to help my people," Lopes, 25, said Tuesday morning after taking home the crown. "I've worked with various social causes. I work with poor kids, I work in the fight against HIV. I work to protect the elderly and I have to do everything that my country needs. I think now as Miss Universe I will be able to do much more."

The top 10 finalists in the MIss Universe competition stand proudly on stage in their swimwear!
From left: Miss Austrailia, Miss Costa Rica, Miss France, Miss Ukraine, Miss Portugal, Miss Panama, Miss Philippines, Miss Angola, Miss China and Miss Brazil.

Out of the top 10, these were my favourites:

Miss Australia: Scherri-Lee Biggs

Miss China: Luo Zilin

Miss Panama: Sheldry Sáez

and Miss Angola: Leila Lopes

Another favouritte of the competition, that was highly ranked
but unfortunately didn't make it to the top 10, for me was:

Miss Netherlands: Kelly Weekers!
Haha ok I am a bit bias I suppose but she's really pretty and I watched her win Miss Netherlands 2011 on this TV show and she was such a sweet & down to earth girl.
Check out some stunning pictures of her here.

Lopes is Angola's first winner. She beat out 88 other competitors to win the title during the 60th anniversary of the world's biggest beauty pageant. Lopes, 25, laughed and smiled as she hugged runner-up Miss Ukraine Olesia Stefanko, then felt a crown placed carefully on her head after dazzling a panel of judges with her beauty and impressing them with her brain ;)
Ahh congratulations to the beautiful new Miss Universe 2011. Who were your favourites and do you think Miss Angola deserved to win the title and crown this year?

Happy Hump Day everyone :)
xoxo