An amputee who was cruelly nicknamed 'peg-leg' by school bullies has conquered her insecurities to become a model. Pretty Taylor Crisp, 19, from Leicester, was born with femur fibula ulna syndrome, which left her with a shortened femur on her right leg, no kneecap or ankle and a missing toe. After contracting an infection in her right leg, Taylor was forced to choose between life in a wheelchair or amputation.
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
A man has made a SPUD-TACULAR amount of money sending potatoes in the post .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
A mother-of-four has revealed how her daughter was stabbed to death by her ex partner, while their horrified children watched on .
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
A support worker was stunned to discover she was eight months pregnant after she was rushed to hospital with 'stomach cramps' .
Two dogs who couldn't keep their paws off each other have been united in matrimonial bliss after their owners shelled out $10,000 on a lavish canine wedding ceremony .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .