When personal trainer, Victoria Spence dreamt of achieving a thigh gap, she didn't realise her obsession would leave her body gripped by anorexia. In a quest for bone-thin thighs, at her worst, the 20-year-old survived on just 600 calories a day - excessively exercising for over 10 hours a day. By January last year, she weighed a dangerous 5st 8lb - and medics told her unless she started eating more, she would be hospitalised. Care-free and body confident at 16, the pretty blonde from Worsley, Manchester, had always been happy with the way she looked. Standing at 5ft 6in tall, Victoria weighed a healthy 8st 5lb.
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FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
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A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
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A toddler has shrugged off death an incredible 10 times thanks to his parents who revive him with the kiss of life every two weeks .