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 .
The rock restaurant, located in Zanzibar – THIS unique restaurant really does boast breath-taking views - as it is perched on a rock in the middle of the sea .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .