When Janet Curry, 38, was told she was ‘too big to date’ by a man she met on the dating website Plenty of Fish, she didn’t let it stop her from looking for love. After going through a divorce and battling a painful abdominal disorder, the professional makeup artist and mum-of-one knew that she could handle anything. But at 22.5st and a size-30, there was just one thing in the way of finding Mr Right. So a determined Janet vowed to shed the pounds to gain a man. She has now dropped 11.5st and an astonishing NINE dress sizes to slim down to a perfect size-12. Plus she’s bagged a hunky fella to boot.
A group of whale sharks gather to feed underneath a fisherman’s boat off the coast of Papua, Indonesia .
A woman who suffered from an allergic reaction to hair dye that made her face swell to twice its size has been left too scared to leave the house .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
An owl swoops through the air before making an unorthodox landing - right on top of an unsuspecting man's head .
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
A mum has celebrated each of her four pregnancies with a host of wacky stunts - including acrobatics, aerial contortion, pole-dancing and risque photo shoots .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .