The Miss World 2010 contestants have been taking their bikinis (and in some cases, swimsuits) for a test drive as they gather in China to decide who will be crowned the Miss World 2010 winner on October 30. For those of you looking for clarification on the difference between a Miss World and a Miss Universe, there will be no such exactitude here. Because unless we missed a newsflash when we went to buy a chicken sandwich, we are still alone, and even if that all changes, what are the odds that the aliens will be sexy aliens? Sexy enough to compete with the women below? No chance. And what would happen if you cross-bred? E.T.? Way too risky. Thankfully, for the moment, we can concentrate on pictures of humans. Sexy female humans.

Below you’ll find lots of pictures. Not all the entrants from the 120 participating nations have made the cut, but that’s mainly because too much time spent playing with a cropping tool makes FHM want to break stuff. But have we made any glaring omissions? Let us know. We made a glaring emission earlier, on the tube. It was disgusting. A real carriage-clearer. Tears and recriminating stares everywhere. A very hostile start to the week. Let’s hope things improve from now on. If you were on that carriage, they definitely will do. Unless of course, you were on that carriage and you’re a Man United fan who loves Wayne Rooney, or a Liverpool fan who thinks Roy Hodgson’s the man for the job, in which case things are about to get a whole lot rougher. You hold tight. Meanwhile...

Miss USA, Alexandria Mills:

Miss Scotland, Nicola Mimnagh:

Miss India, Manasvi Mamgai:

 Miss England, Jessica Linley:

 Miss Wales, Courtney Hamilton:

 Miss Northern Ireland, Lori Moore:

Miss South Africa, Nicole Flint:

Miss Peru, Alexandra Liao Tipacti:

 Miss Colombia, Laura Palacio Restrepo:

Miss Zimbabwe, Samantha Tshuma:

 Miss Venezuela, Adriana Vasini:

 Miss Netherlands, Desiree Berg:

Miss Philippines, Czarina Gatbonton:

 Miss Puerto Rico, Yara Santiago:

 Miss Romania, Lavinia Postolache:

Miss Brazil, Kamilla Salgado:

Miss Poland, Agata Szewiola:

 Miss Serbia, Milica Jelica:

Miss Russia, Irina Sharipova:

Miss Australia, Ashleigh Francis:

 Miss Bosnia, Prorok Snezana:

 Miss Denmark, Natalya Averina:

 Miss Croatia, Katarina Banic:

 Miss Bulgaria, Romina Andonova:

 Miss Belgium, Cilou Annys:

 Miss Montenegro, Milica Milatovic:

Miss Namibia, Odile Gertze:

 Miss Sweden, Dani Chelsea Karlsson:

 Miss Spain, Fatima Jimenez Triguero:

Miss Norway, Mariann Birkedal:

 Miss Slovakia, Marina Georgievova:

 Miss New Zealand, Cody Yerkovich:

 Miss Turkey, Gizem Memic:

PICTURES: Harry Page / Rex Features