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.
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SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
Recovering from a rare form of breast cancer, Deborah Barnett, 43, of Stoke-on-Trent, thought she'd made it through the worst, but she was betrayed by former colleague Sandra Ramsay, of Mow Cop Road, Mow Cop, Stoke-on-Trent .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
Something appears to have tickled this baby owl as he seems to be having a real HOOT .
AFTER splashing out on sexy black lingerie, Paige Way was excited for a romantic night away at a swanky hotel with her boyfriend .
Heart pounding, Rebecca Cain jumped as a car door slammed on the street outside .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .