Sixteen women wearing huge, elaborate costumes battled it out to become carnival queen in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands.
The spectacular costumes – covered in feathers, sequins and jewels – can be more than five metres high and weigh up to 80kg, so it's perhaps not surprising that the women wearing them are wheeled onto the stage on castors to perform for the judges.
In this gallery IBTimesUK looks at this year's contestants. We reveal the winner at the end of the gallery.
Amanda Perdomo performs on stage in her elaborate costumePablo Blazquez Dominguez for Getty ImagesA closer look at Amanda Perdomo's costume, Mighty Amazon, designed by Daniel PagesPablo Blazquez Dominguez for Getty ImagesVeronica Gil Perez wheels her playing card-themed costume onto the stagePablo Blazquez Dominguez for Getty ImagesVeronica Gil Perez up closePablo Blazquez Dominguez for Getty ImagesNoemi Hormiga, one of the nominees for Queen of the 2013 Santa Cruz carnival, performs on stagePablo Blazquez Dominguez for Getty ImagesA closer look at Noemi Hormiga's bejewelled and feathered costumePablo Blazquez Dominguez for Getty ImagesRocio Benitez arrives on stage in her spectacular carnival outfitPablo Blazquez Dominguez for Getty ImagesA more detailed look at Rocio Benitez's costumePablo Blazquez Dominguez for Getty ImagesLion Queen: Suleima MartinPablo Blazquez Dominguez for Getty ImagesNaira Reyes performs in the carnival galaPablo Blazquez Dominguez for Getty ImagesPablo Blazquez Dominguez Getty ImagesItziar Marrero shows off her carnival costumeGetty ImagesPablo Blazquez Dominguez for Getty ImagesJennifer Alonso's Mexican-themed costumePablo Blazquez Dominguez for Getty ImagesPablo Blazquez Dominguez for Getty ImagesPretty in pink: Ariana MejiasPablo Blazquez Dominguez for Getty ImagesPablo Blazquez Dominguez for Getty ImagesCarmen Desire Garcia wheels her huge costume onto the stagePablo Blazquez Dominguez for Getty ImagesPablo Blazquez Dominguez for Getty ImagesNuria GarciaPablo Blazquez Dominguez for Getty ImagesPablo Blazquez Dominguez for Getty ImagesSara Davila LopezPablo Blazquez Dominguez for Getty ImagesPablo Blazquez Dominguez for Getty Images
At the end of the four-hour, all singing, all dancing spectacular gala, the judges announced the winner. Amanda Perdomo, wearing a costume called Mighty Amazon, designed by Daniel Pages, was crowned Queen of the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival.
Amanda Perdomo celebrates after being crowned Queen of the 2014 Santa Cruz carnival in TenerifeGetty
