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.
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
CRAZY BEARDS come into their GROWN when they've been twisted and waxed into shape .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
SURROUNDED by tens of thousands of fish, this outnumbered diver is dwarfed by a mass of sea life .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
A prolific drug dealer was caught red-handed in a car filled with amphetamines after he decided to park in a top copper's parking space - as a joke .
Posh pooch owners are lapping their pets up in luxury by paying £1,500 for 22ct gold lined fine china DOG BOWLS .
A skydiver cheated death after plunging 13,000 feet without his parachute opening but survived after landing in a bog .
THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .
A woman has told how she saved the life of her own rapist after he overdosed on pills shortly after attacking her .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .