After a winning many competitions and going up against some of the world’s most beautiful women in some swanky costumes, Leila Lopes of Angola was crowned Miss Universe in Sao, Paulo, Brazil last night. Angola, for those who don’t know, is a country in south-central Africa. It was once a Portuguese colony. But now that the geography mini-lesson is over, last night Lopes stepped ahead of the pack after answering a question about inner beauty so fervidly. When asked what physical trait she would get changed if she could, she answered:

“Thank God I’m very satisfied with the way God created me and I wouldn’t change a thing,” Lopes said. “I consider myself a woman endowed with inner beauty. I have acquired many wonderful principles from my family and I intend to follow these for the rest of my life.”

While Miss Brazil would have been thought to be the front runner (she was second-runner up), Miss Philippines, Shamcey Supsup, was actually a heavy favorite (one article today read, “It’s Miss Angola, but Supsup shines”). Her loss to Lopes has many of her followers crying foul–you know how haters are. But Lopes was a crowd favorite, especially since she speaks Portuguese, Brazil’s main language. And, she’s just gorgeous! Why wouldn’t you love her? Lopes says she’s already done a lot of work for various social causes, including helping with the fight against HIV. She told TIME:

“I’ve worked with various social causes. I work with poor kids, I work in the fight against HIV. I work to protect the elderly and I have to do everything that my country needs,” she said. “I think now as Miss Universe I will be able to do much more.”

We sure hope so! It’s definitely nice to see a black woman, an African woman at that, win something so prestigious. I guess all that talk about black women being the most unattractive females out there was bull, right? Yep, I thought so too…