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.
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
A former chocolate addict, who used to gobble more than a THOUSAND bars a year, has shed an astonishing 10st after giving up her favourite treats .
THE TOWERING Irish cliffs of Moher stand tall over the rippling Atlantic Ocean .
A mum-of-two has revealed how she accidentally set her face on fire while lighting a cigarette .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH AR' KID: A POSTAL SORTER has perfected the art of time travel by delivering images that are from the past .
A group of shelter dogs showcase their loveable personalities in a series of passport-style photographs - in the hope of finding their forever homes .
A man who developed anorexia as a teen has told that dying for 20 minutes helped shock him into recovery .
A professional dancer has embraced her individuality after refusing plastic surgery to remove a giant birthmark on her face .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
The mother of a young woman stabbed 26 times by her ex-partner for having a secret abortion has told how her daughter was cruelly betrayed by her own social worker .
A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia .