A university graduate who was obsessed with achieving a thigh gap has told how she shrunk to just 6st after developing anorexia athletica. At her worst, Kirsty Bonnick, 22, was so desperate to lose weight that she consumed just 500 calories a day. Recovered Kirsty from Newbury, Berkshire, would obsessively exercise up to three hours a day and within a year had dropped from 10st 10lbs to 6st. Her obsession with size was worsened by the growing thigh gap trend, a look popularised on Instagram by users including ‘Made in Chelsea’ star Millie Mackintosh.
An amputee who was cruelly nicknamed 'peg-leg' by school bullies has conquered her insecurities to become a model .
Most women would jump at the chance to put on some lipstick, sling on a pair of heels and head out for a romantic meal with their other half .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
A five-week-old newborn from Fife has become the UK’s youngest beauty pageant baby .
A young polar bear cub becomes the yogi bear as she stretches off for a morning aerobics session .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
A woman who was cyberstalked before being shot and paralysed by her ex-husband is campaigning to raise awareness for stalking victims .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
A woman with an irrational fear of toilets goes POTTY on the loo and runs away when she flushes, terrified it will swallow her up .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
A Romanian woman is celebrating her new job as a knife-thrower’s assistant after leaving her family behind to move to the UK .
A transgender woman has revealed how she was able to fund her transformation using £100K gifted to her by online admirers .