So Miss Ireland How Do You Look Catwalk Perfect at 5.30am? ; Mini Skirts and Killer Heels at Lunch. Five Changes of Outfit a Day. Perfect Teeth Fixed in Rictus Grins. Our Writer Joins the Miss World Circus in China

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THE oak double doors of the ballroom swing open and Im blinded by the colour of fifty or so different national costumes, modelled by some of the most beautiful women on the planet.

They are about to share their, ahem, abundant musical talents and are the picture of radiant goodness. But despite the way they tilt their heads, smile sweetly and tell me how there are no rivals here, I soon pick up on the bitchiness and steely ambition that add to the behind-the-scenes tension.

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So Miss Ireland How Do You Look Catwalk Perfect at 5.30am? ; Mini Skirts and Killer Heels at Lunch. Five Changes of Outfit a Day. Perfect Teeth Fixed in Rictus Grins. Our Writer Joins the Miss World Circus in China

I also discovered during two days of the month-long marathon that leads up to the 2007 Miss World being named next Saturday, December 1 that no finalist is ever off duty. Lunch with the Miss Worlds is an epitome in itself but more of that later.

Displaying her musical skills, Miss Hungary wears a shimmering peach catsuit with a cutaway stomach and contorts herself in rhythm to the song Kung Fu Fighting. I dont know what traditional Hungarian dancing looks like, but Im betting thi...

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