A university graduate who was obsessed with achieving a thigh gap has told how she shrunk to just 6st after developing anorexia athletica. At her worst, Kirsty Bonnick, 22, was so desperate to lose weight that she consumed just 500 calories a day. Recovered Kirsty from Newbury, Berkshire, would obsessively exercise up to three hours a day and within a year had dropped from 10st 10lbs to 6st. Her obsession with size was worsened by the growing thigh gap trend, a look popularised on Instagram by users including ‘Made in Chelsea’ star Millie Mackintosh.
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 .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
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