Soprano Valentina Nafornita from Moldova has triumphed in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2011 competition.
The 24-year-old also won the audience prize, voted for by listeners and TV viewers.
She was among five finalists performing before a jury at St David's Hall in Cardiff on Sunday.
Afterwards, the singer said: "I am so happy, I feel I'm in heaven right now. It is everything to me."
Meeta Raval from England, Olysya Petrova from Russia, Hye Jung Lee from South Korea and Andrei Bondarenko from Ukraine also competed fro the £15,000 main prize.
Baritone Bondarenko was the winner of the international competition's second award, the Song prize, on Friday in which Nafornita also sang. BBC News
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