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.
An obese woman has lost 9st after an addiction to junk food left her £1 .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
FROM ICE bubbles to boiling lava, these photographs highlight the stunning shapes and patterns found in nature .
FROM a HOLLYWOOD actress to the face of an innocent child, these are incredible drawings with an unlikely twist .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
A woman has shed half her body weight after undergoing a gastric sleeve op to shrink her stomach .
AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - BEAUTY QUEEN ACID SCARE: Miss England finalist, Karla Fitzpatrick, 19, at the Miss England contest .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .