Angolan beauty is Miss Universe - The Sun
Miss Angola Leila Lopes saw off 88 stunning contestants from countries including the Ukraine, Brazil, the Philippines and China.
Wearing a glittering strapless gown, 25-year-old Lopes, bagged the title on the 60th anniversary of the world's biggest beauty pageant — in front of an estimated TV audience of a BILLION.
Undies on ... Miss Colombia Catalina Robayo
She was handed the title by last year's winner, Mexico's Ximena Navarrete, after telling judges who asked what physical trait she would change about herself: "Nothing."
She said: "Thank God I'm very satisfied with the way God created me and I wouldn't change a thing.
"I consider myself a woman endowed with inner beauty."
Runners-up ... Miss Ukraine Olesia Stefanko, left, and Brazil's Priscila Machado with winner Leila Lopes, right
Miss Ukraine Olesia Stefanko, 23, was runner-up while host country Brazil's Priscila Machado came third.
Judges insisted the competition is not just a battle of bodies — although contestants must be between 18 and 27 years old, never have been married or had children.
Judge Connie Chung said before the final verdict in Sao Paolo: "You have to keep in mind that these women are not objects just to be looked at.
Winning smile ... beaming Leila Lopes impressed the judges in the swimwear competition and her evening gown
"They're to be taken seriously. I want to choose somebody I take seriously and the world takes seriously, too."
Lopes will spend the next year campaigning in the fight against AIDS and other diseases.
In the course of the competition one finalist was reprimanded for not wearing underwear after a picture of her apparently going commando appeared in a newspaper.
Sheer rule-breaking ... Scherri-lee Biggs was told to choose another evening dress after hers was ruled too see-through
But Miss Colombia Catalina Robayo, 22, insisted she had been wearing knickers.
And Miss Australia Scherri-lee Biggs was told to choose another dress for the final because her first choice was too see-through.
She also had to get another set of bikini bottoms to better cover her modesty.
Miss Universe Australia director Deborah Miller said: "There's been a problem with the evening dress, because it's too sheer."
Show time ... among those vying for the crown was Miss Germany Valeria Bystritskaia
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