YOU voted: Hottest Miss Universe 2011 contestants!

Check out who readers tipped as the sexiest candidates with bright prospects of taking over the title!

Over the last few days, we brought you all 89 contestants vying for the Miss Universe 2011 crown and you voted for your favourites (take a look at all the lovely ladies in this series: Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IV).

Here are the results! We bring you the top 12 -- please note that they are not in order of popularity, but arranged alphabetically.

Miss Argentina

Natalie Rodriquez, 25 of Buenos Aires struck readers as one of the sexiest in her black sequinned two-piece.

Blonde beauty Scherri-lee Biggs, 21, has curves that could charm anyone!

Statuesque Priscila Machado of Brazil (25) made the right impression in her aqua swimwear.

Vanessa Ceruti, also 25, showed us exactly just how spicy Chile can be!

Twenty one-year-old Dalia Fernandez did the Dominican Republic proud.

Maybe it's a case of favourites, but who can be blamed for cheering on their own country? Our Hyderabad beauty Vasuki Sunkavalli, 27, also landed a lot of votes.

Israeli Kim Edry, 19, also managed to make quite a mark.

Elisa Torrini, 22, made quite a splash in her cut-away one-piece.

Pretty girl from Puerto Rico Viviana Ortiz, 24, won us over with her brunette sensuality.

Twenty-year-old Russian ravisher Natalia Gantimurova won everyone over with her sweet smile and sultry figure.

Curly-haired Melisa Asli Pamuk of Turkey (20) scored well with her fresh-faced appeal.

And finally, rounding off the top 12 we have cat-eyed Venezuelan hottie Vanessa Goncalves, 25, whose looks could leave you melting!