Miss Angola
Miss Angola is a national beauty pageant in Angola. The pageant was founded in 1997, where the winners were sent to Miss World since its inception. The Miss Angola organisation no longer holds the rights to Miss World. They currently hold the franchise to Miss Universe where the winner goes to the pageant.
| Formation | 1997 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Luanda |
| Location | |
Membership | |
Official language | Portuguese |
President | Ana Paula Lemos dos Santos |
| Website | missangolaoficial.sapo.ao |
Miss Angola has produced one Miss Universe winner; Leila Lopes of Benguela Province was crowned Miss Universe 2011, becoming the first black African to win Miss Universe since 1999.
Micaela Reis, Miss Angola 2006
Birgite dos Santos, Miss World Angola 2008
Leila Lopes,
Miss Angola 2010 and Miss Universe 2011
Miss Angola 2010 and Miss Universe 2011
Vaumara Rebelo, Miss Angola 2012
History
Miss Angola was first founded in 1997, as the sole Angolan franchise owner to Miss World and Miss Universe. Within its first decade of competing internationally, Miss Angola had amassed six placements across the two pageants. In 2011, Leila Lopes was crowned Miss Universe 2011, becoming the first Angolan woman to win a major international pageant.
In 2013, Miss Angola lost the franchise rights for Miss World. A new contest was launched called Miss Angola Mundo competition, which was designed to select the Angolan contestant for Miss World.
Titleholders
| Year | Miss Angola | Province | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997–1998 | Emília Guardado | Cabinda | |
| 1998–1999 | Egídia Torres | Luanda | |
| 1999–2000 | Karine Eunice da Cunha Manita | Luanda | |
| 2000–2001 | Hidianeth Luisa Cussema | Bie | |
| 2001–2002 | Geovana Pinto Leite | Benguela | |
| 2002–2003 | Ana José Sebastião | Luanda | |
| 2003–2004 | Telma de Jesus Sonhi[1] | Lunda Sul | |
| 2004–2005 | Zenilde Josias | Luanda | |
| 2005–2006 | Stiviandra Oliveira | Huíla | |
| 2006–2007 | Micaela Reis | Luanda | |
| 2007–2008 | Lesliana Pereira | Zaire | |
| 2008–2009 | Nelsa Alves | Luanda | |
| 2009–2010 | Jurema Ferraz[2] | Namibe | |
| 2010–2011 | Leila Lopes[3] | Benguela | Miss Universe 2011 |
| 2011–2012 | Marcelina Vahekeni | Cunene | |
| 2012–2013 | Vaumara Rebelo | Luanda | |
| 2013–2014 | Zuleica Wilson | Cabinda | |
| 2014–2015 | Whitney Shikongo | Huíla | |
| 2015–2016 | Luísa Baptista | Cuando Cubango | |
| 2016–2017 | Lauriela Martins | Cabinda | |
| 2017–2018 | Ana Liliana Avião | Luanda | |
| 2018–2019 | Salett Miguel | Cuanza Sul | |
| 2019–2020 | No national competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2020–2021 | |||
| 2021–2022 | TBA | TBA | |
Big Four pageants representatives
Miss Angola Universo
- : Declared as Winner
- : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
- : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
- : Ended as special awards winner
- The winners and sometimes the runners up of Miss Angola have been sent to Miss Universe.
| Year | Province | Miss Angola | Placement at Miss Universe | Special Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no representative in 2020 and 2021 | |||||
| 2019 | Cuanza Sul | Salett Miguel | Unplaced | ||
| 2018 | Luanda | Ana Liliana Avião | Unplaced | ||
| 2017 | Cabinda | Lauriela Martins | Unplaced | ||
| 2016 | Cuando Cubango | Luísa Baptista | Unplaced | ||
| 2015 | Huíla | Whitney Shikongo | Unplaced |
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| 2014 | Cabinda | Zuleica Wilson | Unplaced | ||
| 2013 | Luanda | Vaumara Rebelo | Unplaced | ||
| 2012 | Cunene | Marcelina Vahekeni | Unplaced | ||
| 2011 | Benguela | Leila Lopes | Miss Universe 2011 | ||
| 2010 | Namibe | Jurema Ferraz | Unplaced | ||
| 2009 | Luanda | Nelsa Alves | Unplaced | ||
| 2008 | Huíla | Lesliana Pereira | Unplaced | ||
| 2007 | Luanda | Micaela Reis | Top 10 | ||
| 2006 | Luanda | Isménia Júnior[lower-alpha 1] | Unplaced | ||
| 2005 | Luanda | Zenilde Josias | Unplaced | ||
| 2004 | Lunda Sul | Telma de Jesus Sonhi | Top 15 | ||
| 2003 | Luanda | Ana José Sebastião | Top 15 | ||
| 2002 | Luanda | Geovana Pinto Leite | Unplaced | ||
| 2001 | Luanda | Hidianeth Luisa Cussema | Unplaced | ||
| 2000 | Luanda | Eunice da Cunha Manita | Unplaced | ||
| 1999 | Cabinda | Egídia Torres | Unplaced | ||
| 1998 | Luanda | Emília Guardado | Unplaced | ||
Miss Angola Mundo
- : Declared as Winner
- : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
- : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
- : Ended as special awards winner
- Since inception, the winners of Miss Angola was sent to Miss World. Afterwards, another Organization got the rights to the franchise titled "Miss Angola Mundo" to select their representatives in Miss World.
| Year | Province | Miss Mundo Angola | Placement at Miss World | Special Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 2021 | Huambo | Ruth Carlos | Unplaced | ||
| 2020 | Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020 | ||||
| 2019 | Luanda | Brezana Da Costa | Unplaced |
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| 2018 | Luanda | Nelma Ferreira | Unplaced | ||
| 2017 | Luanda | Judelsia Bache | Unplaced | ||
| Did not compete between 2014 and 2016 | |||||
| 2013 | Luanda | Maria Castelo | Unplaced | Miss Mundo Angola Directorship | |
| 2012 | Luanda | Edmilza Santos | Unplaced | ||
| 2011 | Did not compete | ||||
| 2010 | Benguela | Ivanita Jones | Unplaced | ||
| 2009 | Huambo | Nadia Silva | Unplaced | ||
| 2008 | Luanda | Birgite dos Santos | Top 5 | ||
| 2007 | Uíge | Micaela Reis | 1st Runner-up | ||
| 2006 | Huíla | Stiviandra Oliveira[lower-alpha 1] | Top 6 | ||
| 2005 | Did not compete | ||||
| 2004 | Luanda | Silvia João de Deus | Unplaced | ||
| 2003 | Luanda | Celma Antunes Carlos | Unplaced | ||
| 2002 | Luanda | Rosa Mujinga Muxito | Unplaced | ||
| 2001 | Luanda | Alexandra Da Rocha | Unplaced | ||
| 2000 | Luanda | Deolinda Manuel Vilela | Unplaced | ||
| 1999 | Luanda | Lorena Silva | Unplaced | ||
| 1998 | Luanda | Maria Cortez de Lemos | Unplaced | ||
Notes
- Isménia Júnior was originally the first runner-up at Miss Angola 2005, but went on to compete in Miss Universe 2006 after the original winner Stiviandra Oliveira was too young to compete, being only 17. Oliveira went on to compete in Miss World 2006 instead.
References
- "2004 Miss International beauty pageant". Life. September 30, 2004. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
- "Jurema Ferraz: Depois de Angola o Universo". O País. July 15, 2010. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
- "Leila Lopes crowned Miss Angola 2011". Angola Press Agency. December 18, 2010. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
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