[ 2012-06-10 ]

Miss Universe arrived in Ghana
Accra, June 10, GNA – Miss Leila Luliana da Costa
Viera Lopes, Miss Universe 2011, on Saturday
arrived in the country for a three-day tour.

This forms part of activities to educate people on
the causes and prevention of HIV/AIDS around the
globe, and in Ghana Miss Lopes would visit and
donate to some SOS Villages among other
activities.

Miss Lopes' campaign involves raising awareness on
AIV/AIDS, orphans, poverty and education, and the
celebration of achievements of West Africans,
which according to had been easily overlook.

The beauty queen, an Angolan, said the title would
empower her to help her people to escape the
history of war, and added that “It is about taking
pride in my commitment to serving as an ambassador
to my country, and to women everywhere.”

Miss Lopes was named Dry Lands Ambassador by the
United Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification (UNCCD), in an effort to combat
land degradation, an issue that affects the entire
African Continent.

“Being Miss Universe means to me, I have the
chance to walk proud by representing my country
throughout the World. This title empowers me to be
a role model and reach women and young girls
everywhere to show them that they too have a voice
to express themselves.”

The tour, which was organized by US-based Roberta
Annan Consulting, and funded by Ecobank, would
take Miss Lopes, Togo, Cote d'Iviore, Senegal and
Nigeria, apart from Ghana.

She thanked Ecobank, the Roberta Annan Consulting
and Africans for supporting her, and promised to
work with Africa in to create awareness on
HIV/AIDS.

Source - GNA

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