Ada Aimee de la Cruz of the Dominican Republic bested 19 other semi-finalists in the Beach Beauty fast-track event in Miss World Saturday night in Sanya, China. Dela Cruz, one of the favorites to win the crown, won the first slot in the semi-finals for winning Beach Beauty this year. The complete results after the jump...

BEACH BEAUTY 2007: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, Ada de la Cruz
1st Runner-up: CHINA PR, Zi Lin Zhang
2nd Runner-up: JAMAICA, Yendi Phillips

FINALISTS:

LITHUANIA, Jurguita Jurgute
MEXICO, Carolina Moran Gordillo

TOP 20 SEMI-FINALISTS:

AUSTRIA, Christine Reiler
BELGIUM, Halima Chehaima
BRAZIL, Regiane Andrade
ETHIOPIA, Mihret Abebe
GRENADA, Vivian Burkhardt
ITALY, Giada Wiltshire
JAPAN, Rui Watanabe
KOREA, Eun-ju Cho
MALAYSIA, Deborah Henry
MONGOLIA, Oyungerel Gankhuyag
PHILIPPINES, Margaret Wilson
SPAIN, Natalia Zabala
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, Valene Maharaj
UKRAINE, Lika Roman
VENEZUELA, Claudia Suarez

Previous winners of the Beach Beauty competition were:
Venezuela (2006), Russia (2005), USA (2004), Ireland (2003)

The Philippines made it in the semi-finals of the Beach Beauty competition in Miss World for 5 years in a row since 2003.

More than 100 beauties from around the globe are currently in China to compete in the most participated pageant – Miss World.