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 makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
