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
Mary Stoker Smith Mary Stoker Smith Mary Stoker Smith (born February 11, 1969) is an American television news reporter and anchor. Mary Stoker Smith grew up in La Crosse, Wisconsin. She earned a bachelor's degree from University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, going on to earn a Masters in Journalism from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. Mary won the title of Miss Wisconsin USA in 1996. She went on to represent her state (Wisconsin) in Miss USA 1996, which was held at South Padre Island, Texas, but finished out of the top six. On February 2, 1996, the competition culminated in the crowning of the