Shamcey Supsup Almost Made It - Miss Universe 2011

Miss Universe 2011 Winners

The Philippines almost made it to the Miss Universe 2011. Miss Shamcey Supsup had a great chance. We were all so proud, shouting and overwhelmed upon hearing her answer, seeing her walk like a queen, and watching her walk with much grace, pride, beauty and confidence.

SAO PAULO (AP) — Leila Lopes from Angola is crowned 2011 Miss Universe, beating out 88 competitors.

Miss Universe 2011, the 60th anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant, will be held at the Credicard Hall, in São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011. Ximena Navarrete of Mexico crowned her successor Leila Lopes at the end of the pageant. Contestants from 89 countries and territories are participating in this year's pageant, surpassing the previous record of 86 contestants in 2006.

Final results:

Miss Universe 2011 Angola – Leila Lopes

1st runner-up Ukraine – Olesya Stefanko

2nd runner-up Brazil – Priscila Machado

3rd runner-up Philippines – Shamcey Supsup

4th runner-up China – Zilin Luo

Top 10

Australia – Scherri-Lee Biggs

Costa Rica – Johanna Solano

France – Laury Thilleman

Portugal – Laura Gonçalves

Panama – Sheldry Sáez

Top 16

Kosovo – Afërdita Dreshaj

Colombia – Catalina Robayo

Puerto Rico – Viviana Ortiz

Netherlands – Kelly Weekers

USA – Alyssa Campanella

Venezuela – Vanessa Gonçalves

Special Awards

Miss Congeniality

Montenegro – Nikolina Lončar

Miss Photogenic

Sweden – Ronnia Fornstedt

Best National Costume

Panama – Sheldry Sáez

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It was the 60th anniversary of the world's biggest beauty pageant.

Lopes has taken the crown from Mexico's Ximena Navarrete.

The pageant aired live on NBC. More than 1 billion people were expected to have watched the event.

The Miss Universe contest started as a local bathing revue in Long Beach, California.

The contest to be the next Miss Universe was narrowed to 10 women Monday night, including surprise choice Miss Portugal, who only made the first cut because of winning an online fan vote.

Favorites Miss China and Miss Australia also made the top 10, along with home crowd contestant Miss Brazil. Miss USA and a host of Latin American candidates did not make the cut, with only Miss Costa Rica and Miss Panama advancing.

Contestants from 89 nations on six continents spent the past three weeks in Sao Paulo, trying to learn samba dance steps, visiting impoverished children and kicking a football around for cameras as the globe's biggest beauty contest is held in Brazil for the first time.

The pageant started as a local bathing revue in Long Beach, California, organized by a swimwear company.

To all the lovely and witty women, thumbs up! You make me feel so proud and happy as a woman. This we should really be proud of. Cheers to all the women out there.

Indeed, it was an event of overflowing beauty, wit, talent and grace. Congrats, everyone!

Congrats, Shamcey Supsup.

Mommy Myraine