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.
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BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
A woman has revealed how she didn’t know she was pregnant until she saw her baby’s head crowning .
An adorable rescue dog who had her eyes gouged out by thugs in Romania has found a loving home in the UK .
A psychology student from California looks so much like Game of Thrones' Jon Snow that he is mobbed by fans of the fantasy show .
The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .
Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .
A woman who starved herself to look like Cheryl Cole has told how she shrunk to just under 5st 13lbs after developing anorexia .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
A nine year old girl nearly lost her leg after doctors initially misdiagnosed her bone cancer as a pulled muscle .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .