Cheryl Cole: World’s sexiest woman

Cheryl Cole: World’s sexiest woman

The crown for the FHM’s world’s sexiest woman of 2009 went to Cheryl Cole, the British singer and member of the band Girls Aloud.

Cheryl Cole, the judge of the British reality TV show "The X Factor", who said recently that she hates looking thin and gets nicknamed "flatty batty", knocked last year's winner Megan Fox down to second place.

According to FHM, nearly ten million voters across the world chose Cheryl Cole, who became the first Brit to bag the title in three years.

Jessica Alba secured the third spot followed by pop princess Britney Spears.

English actress Anna Friel secured the ninth spot and "Slumdog Millionaire" star Freida Pinto grabbed the tenth position in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women Of 2009 list.

Freida Pinto appeared in the chart for the first time.

Here is the list of top ten sexiest women in the world:

1) Cheryl Cole

2) Megan Fox

3) Jessica Alba

4) Britney Spears

5) Keeley Hazell

6) Adriana Lima

7) Elisha Cuthbert

8) Kristin Kreuk

9) Anna Friel

10) Freida Pinto.