Brazilian judges have delivered their verdict and named the owner of the country's best buttocks.

Carine Felizardo scooped the $2,500 top bot spot in the annual Miss BumBum competition, so named because that is what Brazilians like to refer to their backsides as.

According to AFP, the 25-year-old choked back tears as she was crowned the winner, declaring: "I am overwhelmed. I am very, very happy.

"I am very proud of my bumbum, proud to represent the Brazilian woman."