Bikini babe world record attempt flops

Plans to set a new world record for the most bikini-clad babes to be photographed together, ended in failure ... when only 42 turned up.

Organisers hoped to see more than 1,924 bikini wearing women at Southend-on-Sea, Essex to break the current Russian record.

But a combination of poor weather forecasts, and that fact that it was in Essex, meant that only 42 arrived at the set time.

A spokesperson for the Bikini Beach Bash event - who ha earlier told people to arrive early to beat the queues - admitted they were disappointed with the turn out and that that hadn't even broken the UK record set last year.

Not only that but the majority of beaches they weren't trying probably had more than 42 women in bikinis.