Miss Earth 2011 winner is Olga Alava of Ecuador

Miss Earth 2011 Olga Alava of Ecuador

The Miss Earth 2011 winner has been crowned Saturday evening at the University of the Philippines Theater in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. She is none other than Miss Ecuador Olga Alava who took home the first Miss Earth and the second major international beauty pageant title for the Latin American country this year - Ecuador also won the Miss International 2011 crown in China, last month.

The 23-year-old model bested 83 other lovely candidates of this year's competition. Miss Brazil Driely Bennettone came in second (Miss Air) while Miss Philippines Athena Mae Imperial and Miss Venezuela Caroline Medina finished third (Miss Water) and fourth (Miss Fire), respectively.

Check out below the complete list of winners of the 2011 Miss Earth pageant:

Miss Earth 2011 Olga Alava of Ecuador
Miss Air 2011 Driely Bennettone of Brazil
Miss Fire 2011 Caroline Medina of Venezuela
Miss Water 2011 Athena Imperial of the Philippines

Finalists
Casandra Becerra of Mexico
Nina Astrakhantseva of Crimea
Aleksandra Kovacevic of Bosnia & Herzegovina
Thandi Muringa of Zimbabwe

Semi-Finalists
Rebecca Kim Lekse of Slovenia
Kristina Oparina of Ukraine
Tomoko Maeda of Japan
Nicole Huber of Paraguay
Susana Nogueira of Portugal
Renate Cerljen of Sweden
Cherry Liu of Chinese Taipei
Niratcha Tungtisanont of Thailand

Special Awardees
Best in National Costume: Tomoko Maeda of Japan
Best in Swimsuit: Sarka Cojocarova of the Czech Republic
Best in Long Gown: Casandra Becerra of Mexico
Miss Photogenic: Cherry Liu of Chinese Taipei
Miss Friendship: Sanober Hussain of Pakistan
Best in Talent: Dominique Mann of South Africa