Miss Angola third runner-up (and Queen of Africa) with Brigith dos Santos in 2008, and a top 6 (and Queen of Africa) finish with Stiviandra Oliveira in 2006. 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
Jean Mary Daly Jean Mary Daly Jean Mary Daly OBE (10 December 1897 – 23 November 1986) was an Australian women's rights and social justice activist. Her work primarily focused on women's welfare and the importance of women in public life. She obtained a BA from University of Sydney in 1918. She married Harry John Daly on 6 October 1921 at St. Martha’s Catholic Church, Strathfield. Daly was a founding member of Altair, a discussion group created in 1943 to present the views of Catholic women on social issues to the Catholic Church and the government. One of Altair's earliest causes was a