When personal trainer, Victoria Spence dreamt of achieving a thigh gap, she didn't realise her obsession would leave her body gripped by anorexia. In a quest for bone-thin thighs, at her worst, the 20-year-old survived on just 600 calories a day - excessively exercising for over 10 hours a day. By January last year, she weighed a dangerous 5st 8lb - and medics told her unless she started eating more, she would be hospitalised. Care-free and body confident at 16, the pretty blonde from Worsley, Manchester, had always been happy with the way she looked. Standing at 5ft 6in tall, Victoria weighed a healthy 8st 5lb.
A soldier who lost both legs and an arm in Afghanistan has found love with a blonde bombshell he met through his newfound passion for rally driving .
Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A group of shelter dogs showcase their loveable personalities in a series of passport-style photographs - in the hope of finding their forever homes .
A student has finally hit puberty after a four year battle against anorexia stunted his growth .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
WOMB STROKE SURVIVOR AMAZES DOCS BY TAKING FIRST STEPS - A little girl who suffered a catastrophic stroke in the womb which would have killed an adult has stunned the medical world by learning to walk, talk and see .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
Standing on the edge of a never-ending black hole, this is one leap you wouldn't want to make .