Leila Lopes
Lopes in 2011, lev radin / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Leila Luliana da Costa Vieira Lopes
Place of Birth: Benguela, Angola
Date of Birth: 26 February, 1986
Ethnicity: Angolan
Leila Lopes is an Angolan actress, model, and beauty queen. She was Miss Angola UK 2010, Miss Angola 2010, and Miss Universe 2011. She is 5′11″.
Leila is the daughter of Dulce Costa and Geraldo Vieira Lopes. A picture of Leila with her father can be seen here. A picture of Leila with her mother can be seen here. She studied business management in the U.K. Leila is married to British-born American professional football player Osi Umenyiora, with whom she has two children. Osi is of Igbo Nigerian descent.
Leila has stated:
Unfortunately a lot of information that are being published have absolutely no sense whatsoever. Among them, my ancestry. I don’t have any Cape Verdean ancestry, I’m 100% Angolan, the daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter of Angolan people.
Sources: http://revistaepoca.globo.com
http://noticias.sapo.ao
I saw the interview and leila said:
There has been much talk about their ancestry. Want to comment?
LL: Unfortunately a lot of information that are published do not have the slightest sense. Among them my ancestry. I have absolutely nothing to Cape Verde, Angola’m 100 per cent, daughter, granddaughter and great-granddaughter of Angolans.
Respect the true why people creat stories?
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Leila Lopes is Cape Verdean. Google her name with Cape Verde. This article that has been cited is Angolan Propaganda.
Leila Lopes is not cape verdean neitheir their parents.
Cape verdean say Stacey Dash and Lionel Ritchie are cape verdean too.ahahahahahahah see this Leila Lopes interview about this question.
Sometimes we love create this history about every mixed people to be cape verd.
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I don’t see anything HATER … do you me when she says “she’s of Cape verde decent but she’s 100% Angola”…. that mean although she’s of Cape verde decent she really Angola (it’s a expression). I saw an interview she says she of Cape Verde decent search…
Didn’t you see the interview posted right above by Lene, in the comment post you answered, where she says that she is Angolan and have no recent CV ancestry? Just because some myth is spread like wildfire all over the Internet doesn’t make it true.
She is so pretty.
VIVA ANGOLA & CABO VERDE!!! :)
Beautiful mulatta criola di Cabo verde!
@Jose Lomba she is NOT MUlatta she is BLACK African 100%