Swelia da Silva Antonio biography: 13 things about Miss Angola Universo 2022

Swelia da Silva Antonio is an Angolan-Dutch beauty queen from The Hague, Netherlands. Here are 13 more things about her:

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1. She earned her bachelor’s degree in nonprofit, public and organizational management from The Hague University of Applied Sciences.
2. She and her family are originally from Angola but in 1999, they moved from Angola to the Netherlands.
3. She was selected as a Miss Africa Netherlands 2017 candidate but she was not able to participate in the competition.
4. From February 2019 to July 2019, she was a Carnegie Foundation intern in The Hague.
5. On November 8, 2020, she was crowned Miss Supranational Netherlands 2020 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. While reigning as Miss Supranational Netherlands 2020-2021, she served as an ambassador of education for the Black Ladies Talk organization.
6. 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.
7. Since Miss Supranational 2020 was cancelled due to the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, she represented the Netherlands at Miss Supranational 2021 on August 21, 2021 in Nowy Sącz, Malopolska, Poland and finished in the Top 12.
8. On July 20, 2022, she met with Tsjeard Hoekstra, the Netherlands’ ambassador in Angola, and talked to him about her Miss Angola Universo 2022 participation.
9. On August 6, 2022, she represented the Netherlands’ Angolan community at Miss Angola Universo 2022 and competed against 23 other candidates at the Pérola dos Navegantes in Benguela, Angola. She won the title.
10. On January 14, 2023, she represented Angola at Miss Universe 2022 and competed against 83 other candidates at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was unplaced.
11. She co-founded Better Tomorrow Africa. Its first event in Bujumbura, Burundi was held in March 2023.
12. On May 25, 2023, she visited ENSA Seguros Angola in Benguela.
13. She was 25 years old when she crowned her successor Miss Angola Universo 2023 Ana Coimbra on July 22, 2023 at the Hotel de Convenções de Talatona in Luanda, Angola.