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.
HOTSPOT MEDIA - EVANDER HOLYFIELD VISITS SICK KIDS: Evander Holyfield in Birmingham children's hospital, where he was giving presents to sick kids .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
THE TOWERING Irish cliffs of Moher stand tall over the rippling Atlantic Ocean .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .
An obese woman has lost 9st after an addiction to junk food left her £1 .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
A Crohn's sufferer has slammed doctors who allegedly accused her of being anorexic after she lost 10st in just three months .
A woman has told how she fled to Australia, after a one night stand burned down her house .
In 2021, Anneka Watkinson, now 37, from Lancashire, met Chris, now 40 .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
PILES of trash provide a living for thousands in Nairobi, Kenya .