Miss Universo Angola 2022 is Swelia Da Silva Antonio

Swelia Da Silva Antonio was crowned Miss Universo Angola 2022 (as known as Miss Universe Angola 2022) on August 6, 2022, at Pérola dos Navegantes in Benguela. The 24-year-old social scientist, from the Netherlands, bested 23 other contestants to win the national competition. Miss Universo Angola Holanda succeeds Miss Angola 2019, Salett Natalia Martins Miguel and will represent her country at Miss Universe 2022. Former Miss Universe from Angola, Leila Lopes, now holds the national license to send Angolan representatives to the Miss Universe pageant.

The newly crowned Miss Universe Angola is an Afro-Dutch beauty queen who hails from The Hague, Netherlands. Her family is originally from Angola. In 1999, she and her family moved from Angola to the Netherlands. Swelia earned her bachelor’s degree in nonprofit, public and organizational management from The Hague University of Applied Sciences. In 2021, she earned her master’s degree in public administration from the International Institute of Social Studies of the Erasmus University Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Swelia is no stranger to pageantry. She was selected as a Miss Africa Netherlands 2017 candidate, but she was not able to participate in the competition. In 2020, Swelia was crowned Miss Supranational Netherlands 2020 in Amsterdam, Netherlands at the age of 23.

While reigning as Miss Supranational Netherlands 2020-2021, Swelia served as an ambassador of education for the Black Ladies Talk organization. Swelia represented the Netherlands at Miss Supranational 2021 on 21st August 2021 in Poland and finished in the Top 12. Inside Pageant had the pleasure of interviewing him last year and you can find that interview here.

The 2022 Miss Universo Angola’s court includes

1st runner-up – Yasser Coimbra (Bié)

2nd runner-up – Nelma Tchissola (Cuanza Norte)