We've introduced you to all 84 beauties participating in the Miss Universe pageant on August 23. You voted and we've narrowed down on the 10 most popular contestants.

Luscious-locked Lourdes Figueroa, 21, was a favourite with 480 readers -- she nabbed ninth position.

Blonde beauty Ingibjorg Egilsdottir, 24, came in at eight with 517 votes.

Twenty five-year-old Larissa Costa made it to seventh place with 599 votes cast in her favour.

Gorgeous Julia Dyment, 20, commanded a whopping 628 hits to land up at number six.

Russian stunner Sofia Rudyeva is all of 18, but she managed to win 726 hearts and take fifth position.

Mesmerising Michelle Rouillard, 20, bagged fourth place with 924 votes.

Curvy Jessica Umana, 21, took a proud third position with 1,310 people voting for her. Not bad at all!

Sexy Stefania Fernandez, 18, almost made it to the top spot but not quite, with a staggering 1,484 hits! Any guesses on who beat her?

No surprises here, of course! Readers voted our very own Ekta Chowdhry, 23, to first place with 1,761 votes. Can she pull it off this year and beat the other 10 popular lovelies to claim the crown? We'll find out soon enough!