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 cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
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A luxury caravan with a price tag of ONE MILLION DOLLARS is due to hit the road later this year .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .
