A transgender woman has beaten the bullies after spending £25K on surgery to become a beauty pageant queen. Gorgeous Venus Brum, 32, who is a dead ringer for Nicole Scherzinger, has hundreds of admirers and a string of titles to her name – including Miss Birmingham 2010 and Miss Bristol 2013. Born a boy named Petronio, over the last three years, she has spent a whopping £25K on surgery and treatments to perfect her glamorous look, including 34DD breast implants and bum fillers. Now the makeup artist, who poses a stark resemblance to former X Factor judge and Pussycat Doll singer Nicole Scherzinger, is hoping to inspire other transgender women to embrace who they are.
FOR TWO memory-impaired parents their new-born baby Cian is a living timekeeper .
Hot Air Balloon tour across Cappadocia, Turkey – With the sun rising in the distance and the spectacular landscapes below, these are the breathtaking views afforded from a hot air balloon flight in Turkey .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
An American man who suffered horrific third-degree burns to 70 percent of his body in a childhood accident has faced his fears by becoming a firefighter .
WELCOME to the 750-foot deep rainbow cave that leaves visitors bewildered by its multi-coloured mood lighting .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
N evil mugger who battered a Birmingham old soldier and fled with just £40 has been jailed for nine years .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
A man who developed anorexia as a teen has told that dying for 20 minutes helped shock him into recovery .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .