'' On September 12 , 2011 , Leila Lopes ( Miss Angola 2010 ) was crowned Miss Universe in São Paulo , Brazil , receiving the title from the former Miss Universe Ximena Navarrete of Mexico . She is currently the 60th Miss Universe titleholder , and is the first Angolan woman to hold the position . Lopes is the seventh woman of African descent to win the title since the beginning of the worldwide pageant ( following Miss Trinidad and Tobago in 1977 , Miss South Africa in 1978 , Miss Namibia in 1992 , Miss USA in 1995 , Miss Trinidad and Tobago 1998 , and Miss Botswana in 1999 ) and the fourth African woman from the African continent to win following Mpule Kwelagobe , Miss Universe 1999 from Botswana . Lopes also became the first woman from Angola to win a " Big Four " beauty pageant
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