Miss Earth 2011 is Ecuador's Olga Alava

23-year old Olga Alava won the Miss Earth 2011 title and crown. She was crowned by Miss Earth 2010, Nicole Faria of India. Olga marked the double victory of Ecuador this 2011. They won the Miss International 2011 title and crown. Ecuador won their first Miss Earth title!

Results:

Final Results	Contestant
Miss Earth 2011	Ecuador - Olga Álava
Miss Air	Brazil - Drielly Bennettone
Miss Water	Philippines - Athena Mae Imperial
Miss Fire	Venezuela - Caroline Medina
Finalists	Bosnia and Herzegovina - Aleksandra Kovacevic  Crimea - Nina Astrakhantseva  Mexico - Casandra Becerra  Zimbabwe - Thandi Muringa
Semi-finalists	Chinese Taipei - Cherry Liu  Japan - Tomoko Maeda  Paraguay - Nicole Huber  Portugal - Susana Nogueira  Slovenia - Rebecca Kim Lekše  Sweden - Renate Cerljen  Thailand - Niratcha Tungtisanont  Ukraine - Kristina Oparina

The pageant started with their summersault Opening Number, then the Top 16 semifinalists who competed at the Swimsuit Competition then, Top 8 finalists competed at the Evening Gown Competition and the Top 4 who dominated the Question and Answer portion.  The event was hosted by Sonia Couling and Jason Godfrey

They were asked why Education should be prioritized and all of them answered with conviction. While, Venezuela's interpreter tripped in interpreting Caroline's answer.

However, controversy and complaints stirred up when Czech Republic, India and Colombia was left out from the Top 16 and the inclusion of Philippines' Athena Imperial at the Top 4.

Miss Earth 2011 Official Section: http://theuniversalbeautycouncil.blogspot.com/p/miss-earth-2011.html

Miss Earth Official Website: http://www.missearth.tv/