PITTSBURGH -- It came down to a battle of the bananas, but after thousands of votes came in, Reeba Banana was declared the winner of our 2009 Halloween Pittsburgh Pet Photo Contest. Congratulations to Reeba and her owner, Sara! Thanks to everyone who participated.

OUR WINNER:

THE FINALISTS:

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2009 PHOTOS:

View Album 1 | View Album 2 | View Album 3

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HOW THE CONTEST WILL WORK:

Round 1 voting will begin Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 3 p.m. and will end on Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 3 p.m. Every photo submitted will be in the running!

The one photo with the highest number of votes from each slideshow (each slideshow will contain a max of 50 photos) will be put into a final round contest (Round 2) which will run from Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 5 p.m. until Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 5 p.m.

The photo with the highest number of votes from Round 2 voting will be declared the winner of WPXI.com's Halloween Pittsburgh Pet Photo Contest and will receive a $50 gift card to the pet supply store of their choice!

Click here to read the official contest rules.