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 Gary Barlow superfan has lost an incredible 11st after a selfie with the pop star left her horrified by her 22st 9lb figure .
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .
An intrepid photographer travelled to the abandoned ghost town of Bodie in northern California to capture the historic buildings that are trapped in time .
SKIPPING on the spot, an adorable little owl embraces the 'running man' challenge .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
A woman has told how she fled to Australia, after a one night stand burned down her house .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .