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 Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .
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A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
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A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .