An amputee who was cruelly nicknamed 'peg-leg' by school bullies has conquered her insecurities to become a model. Pretty Taylor Crisp, 19, from Leicester, was born with femur fibula ulna syndrome, which left her with a shortened femur on her right leg, no kneecap or ankle and a missing toe. After contracting an infection in her right leg, Taylor was forced to choose between life in a wheelchair or amputation.
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
A Hereford woman has lost 10st 3lbs after ditching her £260-a-month takeaway habit .
An adorable baby girl was born with a heart-shaped birthmark on her forehead - after being conceived on Valentine's Day .
AN anorexic woman whose heart stopped after she starved herself to 3st has revealed that ‘dying’ for a minute helped shock her into recovery .
THE TOWERING Irish cliffs of Moher stand tall over the rippling Atlantic Ocean .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
A woman has been left scarred for life after a botched eye lift burnt her eyelids .
An adorable young fallow deer peers over its shoulder and is greeted by a cheeky jackdaw crow sitting on its back .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
Oscar Pistorius entered a courtroom Monday for the start of his murder trial, walking past the victim's mother who says she came to court so she can ‘really look him in the eyes .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .