Fly boy Simon to separate the boys from the Mr?

BAKE a cake, build a raft, climb a mountain and take part in a fashion photo-shoot may sound like the average daily agenda for the modern housewife, but it’s not — this is what the world of Mr World is like.

For the past three weeks the greatest assemblage of walking six-packs since Ben Hur, have been in Sanya, China, running, prancing, posing and generally throwing well-toned shapes.

Tomorrow, the contestants will stop pulling their generously gelled hair out, because that is the day on which the winner will be announced.