Pinning a purple flower into her bleach blonde hair, pretty Ava admired herself in the mirror. She had every reason to be proud. In the space of a year, she had lost an incredible 17 stone. Her weight dropped from 37st 1lbs to 19st 7lbs, and she slipped into a dress before gazing at her newly svelte figure. With her smokey eye makeup and black skater dress, she could have been glamming up for a night on the tiles with her girlfriends. Instead, it was Halloween, 2013, and Ava was hiding a huge secret. Born a boy named William, it was the first time she had ever dressed as a girl – and everything fell into place.
A HEIGHT-addicted airline pilot has taken pictures of the Dubai from 1,300-feet .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
STOLEN £2K BULLDOG REUNITED WITH FAMILY VIA TWITTER - A £2,000 bulldog puppy snatched from her home by burglars has been reunited with her family thanks to Twitter .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .