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 hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - BRAVE TOT ALLERGIC TO SUN: Leighton Brownrigg, 2 .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
A woman who was left scarred for life by an acid attack orchestrated by her ex partner has told of her ordeal and her battled to rebuild her life .
A former waitress who quit serving tables to become a professional Britney lookalike has told how her incredible likeness has earned her £300,000 as a full time doppelganger .
RACING down the slopes in her tiny ski gear, this TWO-YEAR-OLD girl has already mastered the art of skiing .
A young makeup artist has hit back at vile internet trolls who dubbed her a 'swamp creature' and 'ugly' for exposing her troubled skin in online makeup tutorials .
CREATED over 60 years ago, this weighty machine was the Photoshop of its time .
A father-of-one stunned his wife of twenty-five years after revealing his secret love of POLE DANCING .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .