Poll: Cheryl Cole is world's sexiest woman

LONDON, April 24 (UPI) -- Readers of FHM magazine have voted British singer and reality personality Cheryl Cole the world's sexiest woman.

Cole, 25, is a member of the pop group Girls Aloud and an "X Factor" judge.

The BBC said she knocked last year's FHM list-topper, Megan Fox, to the No. 2 spot this year. Cole and Fox are followed by Jessica Alba at No. 3, Britney Spears at No. 4 and Keeley Hazell at No. 5.

Cole, who came in at No. 7 on last year's FHM survey, was recently named the world's best-dressed woman by Glamour magazine.

Almost 10 million votes were cast around the world for the 15th annual FHM poll, the BBC said.