Leila Lopes, Miss Universe, Talks Style Inspirations And More (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

This past September Leila Lopes became the first Angolan woman to be crowned Miss Universe. Since then the 26-year-old beauty queen has been busy fulfilling her "universal" duties.

But between traveling the world, supporting various charities and even hitting the Fashion Week runway Lopes found some time to chat with the Huffington Post about the stars who inspire her style, what it was like returning to Africa after being crowned Miss Universe and the words she lives by.

Check out the video above and a few pics from her current reign in the slideshow below.

Comments

[Gaaltero]

03:48 PM on 03/15/2012

Perfect.

[lionzion]

02:15 PM on 03/14/2012

Most beautiful women in the world are in Africa.

[cartera]

05:09 PM on 03/26/2012

But all of them aren't part white, or carry the colonial legacy of social privilege through European ancestry.

[Tmus82]

11:25 AM on 03/14/2012

I want to go to Angola.

[MrUniteUs]

12:32 AM on 03/14/2012

Black is Beautiful

[booksnstuff]

12:06 AM on 03/14/2012

What a beauty!

[Nathan0316]

06:51 PM on 03/13/2012

That's Miss Universe? Pretty, sure, seems like a nice person, OK, but Miss Universe? Am I missing something?

[jrx238]

11:02 PM on 03/13/2012

Translation: "But she not White?"

[Lechiffre]

11:10 AM on 03/14/2012

Precisely lmao! he is offended .

[cartera]

05:08 PM on 03/26/2012

She's part white. The white descended population in Angola are the elite in society there.

[jrx238]

11:02 PM on 03/13/2012

*she's

[Soror4512]

03:51 PM on 03/13/2012

A very mature outlook on life. An excellent role model!Wish her all the best!

[DeAnnaClaudette]

03:03 PM on 03/13/2012

That is one gorgeous woman.

[shawshank]

12:10 PM on 03/13/2012

Pretty young thang. Go girl.

[kendall1]

07:54 AM on 03/13/2012

I'm smitten.

[Lechiffre]

11:12 AM on 03/14/2012

She is mad stunning , above all she definetely has a nice girl vibe .

[socialtalker]

05:48 AM on 03/13/2012

i hope she has a wonderful year. looks like she is having fun.

[emperance]

12:25 AM on 03/13/2012

GORGEOUS chick.

[Kristin Jones-Koch]

05:05 PM on 03/13/2012

Our Miss SC has more substance

[emperance]

11:38 PM on 03/13/2012

OK. She's still GORGE!