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.
THESE BREATH-TAKING photographs show the natural beauty of Iceland's most famous waterfall .
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If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
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Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
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An artist has NAILED IT by creating beautiful and perfectly precise artwork using a hammer and 30,000 nails .
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SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .