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.
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
This was the chaotic scene when the driver of a 4x4 vehicle became periously trapped under his vehicle for an HOUR when it overturned after a crash on a busy motorway .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .