Miss Landmine Angola 2008

MISS LANDMINE ANGOLA 2008

Winner: Maria Restino Manuel The pose is slick, the gown designer, the lighting moody. From the silver tiara on her head down to the polish on her toes, Maria Restino Manuel is every inch the beauty queen. But this is no ordinary title. Maria has just won one of the most astonishing beauty parades in the world. The newly-crowned Miss Landmine 2008 is an amputee – one of the thousands left crippled in the bloody aftermath of the Angolan civil war. Continue []