Living in Peru : your everyday companion

Living in Peru
Israel J. Ruiz

After 48 days of intense voting, millions of people around the world have chosen their favorite flag in "The Most Beautiful Flag in the World Contest".

Although this was not an official competition or one that would give out a prize, over 7 million people around the world participated and voted for the flag or flags they felt should be named "The Most Beautiful Flag".

With 901,627 points in the final week of voting, Mexico won the competition and was honored as the most beautiful flag by voters on the 20minutos.es website.

Peru was the first runner-up with 340,901 points while Guatemala came in third place with 272,541 points.

The contest began with 104 flags and lasted for 48 days. Every two days, the five flags with the least number of votes were eliminated from the contest.

When fifty flags were left, votes were brought to zero, at which time voting began again.

This process repeated itself when 30 flags were left. Internet users then had five days to choose their favorite flag from the top ten.

The contest broke records when over 100,000 people voted for their favorite flag and over 2,000 comments were left in the first four days the competition was posted.

The final ranking is as follows: Mexico, Peru, Guatemala, The Dominican Republic, Brazil, Spain, Uruguay, Argentina, Canada and Puerto Rico.