Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) country in both total area and population and is the seventh-largest country in Africa. It is bordered by Namibia to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Zambia to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Angola has an exclave province, the province of Cabinda, that borders the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The capital and most populous city is Luanda.
Angola was first settled by San hunter-gatherer societies before the northern domains came under the rule of Bantu states such as Kongo and Ndongo. In the 15th century, Portuguese colonists began trading, and a settlement was established at Luanda during the 16th century. Portugal annexed territories in the region which were ruled as a colony from 1655, and Angola was incorporated as an overseas province of Portugal in 1951. After the Angolan War of Independence, which ended in 1974 with an army mutiny and leftist coup in Lisbon, Angola achieved independence in 1975 through the Alvor Agreement. After independence, Angola entered a long period of civil war that lasted until 2002.
José Eduardo dos Santos was an Angolan politician and military officer who served as the second president of Angola from 1979 to 2017. As president, dos Santos was also the commander-in-chief of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) and president of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), the party that has ruled Angola since it won independence in 1975. By the time he stepped down in 2017, he was the second-longest-serving president in Africa, surpassed only by Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea.
Luanda is a province of Angola. It covers an area of 18,835 km2, and had a population of 6,945,386 at the Census of 16 May 2014. The latest official estimate is 9,079,811.
Girabola, or Campeonato Nacional de Futebol de Séniores Masculinos, is the top division of Angolan football. It is organized by the Angolan Football Federation.
Hélio José Lopes Roque is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Miguel António de Melo, a nobleman, colonial administrator and the 1st Count of Murça. He was young nobleman who exercised a position in the Royal court of Portugal, 14th Lord of Murça and Castro Daire, squire of Figueira, commander of Santa Maria de Freixas in the Order of Christ and honorary member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, in addition to holding several political offices, including that of governor and captain-general of Angola, minister and peer of the realm, appointed to a commission, by King John VI of Portugal, to draft a constitution for Portugal, minister and peer of the realm.
Isabel dos Santos is an Angolan businesswoman, the eldest child of Angola's former President José Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled the country from 1979 to 2017.
Ana Paula Cristovão Lemos dos Santos is the widow of former president of Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos. She was Angola's First lady from 1991 to 2017.
Zuleica Wilson is an Angolan model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Angola 2013 and represented her country at the Miss Universe 2014 pageant. She will also represent her country at the Miss Intercontinental 2015 pageant.
The 2008 Girabola was the 30th season of the top-tier football league in Angola. The season ran from 2 March to 2 November 2008. Interclube were the defending champions.
João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço is an Angolan politician who has served as the third president of Angola since 26 September 2017. Previously, he was Minister of Defence from 2014 to 2017. In September 2018, he became the Chairman of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), the ruling party. He was the party's Secretary-General from 1998 to 2003.
Ana Liliana Avião is an Angolan model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Angola 2018. She represented Angola at Miss Universe 2018 pageant.
Miss Brazil 2021, officially Miss Universe Brazil 2021, was the 66th edition of the Miss Brazil pageant, and the first under the new Miss Universe Brazil management. The competition was filmed on 7 November 2021 on board the MSC Preziosa, and aired on 9 November. In order to preserve the secrecy of the results before its airdate, crowning moments for all three finalists were filmed, while only the one of the winner was aired.
Miss Brazil 2005 was the 51st edition of the Miss Brazil pageant. It was held on 14 April 2005 at Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil and was hosted by Nayla Micherif with Roger Gobeth, Juliana Silveira, Igor Cotrim, and Maria Carolina Ribeiro all as commentators. The Pre-Show was hosted by Astrid Fontenelle. Fabiane Niclotti of Rio Grande do Sul crowned her successor Carina Beduschi of Santa Catarina at the end of the event. Beduschi represented Brazil at the Miss Universe 2005 pageant. 1st Runner-Up, Patrícia Reginato of Paraná, represented Brazil at Miss World 2005 and 2nd Runner-Up, Ariane Colombo of Espírito Santo, represented the country at Miss International 2005.
Miss Grand Angola is a national beauty pageant title awarded to women chosen to represent the Angola at the Miss Grand International contest. The title was first mentioned in 2013 when a 26-year-old model, Nádia de Vasconcelos, was assigned by a London-based event organizer, Beauties of Africa Inc, to represent Angola at the inaugural edition of Miss Grand International in Thailand, but Nádia did not join the contest for undisclosed reasons.
Miss Grand Angola 2023 was the inaugural edition of the Miss Grand Angola pageant, held on September 2, 2023, at the Epic Sana Hotel, Luanda. Ten candidates who qualified for the national final round through an audition held on July 9, 2023, at the Mundo da Casa Shopping Mall (MDC), competed for the title. Of whom, a 24-year-old administrative assistant from Luanda, Eugénia das Neves, was elected the winner. Eugénia later represented the country at the international parent stage, Miss Grand International 2023, held in Vietnam on October 25, 2023, and was named the 5th runner-up.
Ana Bárbara Coimbra is an Angolan model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Angola 2023. She was elected Miss Angola Universe 2023 on Saturday night, July 22, 2023, at the Talatona Convention Center, in Luanda, in a gala that featured musical performance by C4Pedro, in Luanda. The contest featured the participation of various candidates from all over the country, who competed in several stages, with Coimbra standing out among the contestants, winning the title of Miss Angola Universe 2023. After the election, she reiterated her commitment to promoting the country's culture and beauty across borders.
Maria Eugénia "Jenny" da Silva Neto is a Portuguese-Angolan writer. She was the inaugural first lady of Angola. Born in Montalegre, she was educated in Lisbon, studying languages and music. She met Angolan medical student Agostinho Neto in 1948 and ten years later the couple married. Because of his anti-colonial activities, he was jailed multiple times, causing the family to move to Angola, Portugal, Cape Verde, and eventually in 1962 to orchestrate an escape on Moroccan passports to Léopoldville, now in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Léopoldville, he became the head of the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola, but the following year, the family moved again to Brazzaville, when the MPLA was ousted. They relocated again to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in 1968, where Neto began working with the Organização das Mulheres de Angola, publishing the organization's bulletins and writing radio broadcasts for the MPLA. She also began writing children's stories, but her works were not published at the time.
Miss Grand Brazil 2024 was the 6th edition of the Miss Grand Brazil pageant, held on August 8, 2024, at the Tokio Marine Hall, São Paulo. Candidates from 27 states and federal district of Brazil competed for the title. Of whom, a 27-year-old model representing Rio Grande do Sul, Talita Hartmann, was named the winner and received R$ 200,000 cash prize as the reward. Hartmann will represent the country at the international parent stage, Miss Grand International 2024.
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