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.
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
FEAST your eyes on the £500K coin-covered Range Rover that could be the world’s most blinged-out car .
A young mum-to-be who was told she would never fall pregnant due to a rare condition has decided to keep her miracle baby even though his birth could leave her paralysed and in pain forever .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
T least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
ONCE A doctor’s surgery, family home and office, an array of medical equipment is scattered throughout this abandoned home .