Charli Howard, 23, from London, wrote an open letter about the modelling industry, claiming she was dropped by her agency for being 'too curvaceous' even though she wears a dress size 6-8. She told FEMAIL, the reaction to her post has been 'incredible' after writing, 'I am human. I cannot miraculously shave my hip bones down, just to fit into a sample size piece.' of clothing or to meet 'agency standards'.

Lamar Odom's ex-partner Liza Morales and his two children Destiny, 17, and Lamar Junior, 13, left, have arrived in Las Vegas to join a bedside vigil at the Sunrise Hospital where he is being treated. It comes as sources have told the Daily Mail Online that the 35-year-old estranged husband of Khloe Kardashian, bottom right, took cocaine with several prostitutes and wept uncontrollably at the Nevada brothel where he was found unconscious. Khloe, bottom right, is holding a vigil at the basketball player's bedside with her sisters Kim, top left, Kourtney and Kendall and mother Kris Jenner, bottom left, also seen at the hospital.

In celebration of her 44th birthday, Koko's trainer Francine Patterson, on behalf of The Gorilla Foundation, introduced the ape to some babies - a litter of kittens. Koko was captured on camera being presented with a cardboard box containing the kittens. After stroking them gently, the gorilla picked one up and brought it in for a cuddle (left). After bringing the cat up to her face to take a closer look, the gorilla stroked its belly with her index finger and tucked it under her arm for a cuddle. Later, Koko (pictured, top right, snuggling up to the kitten) was captured gesturing for one of the cats to be placed on her head (left). The tender moment was filmed at the foundation's base in Woodside, California.

The collapsed charity Kids Company used to hand out up to £200 a week to vulnerable children, its under-fire former boss Camila Batmanghelidjh revealed today. The controversial charity chief, who has come under fire for overseeing the collapse of the charity despite receiving millions of pounds in government funding, this morning insisted that cash was not given out 'willy nilly'. But speaking to MPs on the Public Accounts Committee, Miss Batmanghelidjh admitted it was not a 'myth' that money was given to vulnerable children in envelopes through windows with no control over how it was being spent.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Crowds gathered at Odense Zoo in central Denmark to attend the display (right) which organisers said was held for educational purposes. The dissection of the animal, which was put down nine months ago because the herd was too big, was streamed live. Many of the children watching held their noses (left) and gasped as the inside of the lion was examined by experts.

EXCLUSIVE: Spoon-bender Uri Geller (centre) is selling his sprawling Feng Shui property in the village of Sonning after 35 years, even though George and Amal Clooney are about to become neighbours. He tells FEMAIL about his favourite items of furniture and the memories he will treasure in his new Tel Aviv flat. Clockwise from top right: The panorama room has nine-metre glass doors; Michael Jackson slept and meditated on Uri's custom-made brown velvet sofa; the fully equipped gymnasium looks out on to his 'energy pyramid; the Palladian portico is flanked by crystals that are 40 million years old.

The lady posted a somewhat alluring snap from her bed of her knitted sock clad legs beside a mug of coffee and her laptop, right. Unfortunately for the girl in question, her father spotted the snap and took it upon himself to outdo his daughter - by posting his own hilarious version, which has amassed over one million views, left. His version of his daughter's image shows him reclining on his bed with his hairy legs on show. Whilst his daughter wears fashionable beige socks with intricate bows on in her snap, her father opted for classic dad socks complete with colourful polkadots.

Christian Hickey, aged seven, (pictured left) and his mother Jayne Hickey, 29, (right) were both blasted in the leg at close range at their semi-detached home in Salford as she opened the front door expecting a parcel delivery. Their attackers demanded to know the whereabouts of the boy's father, who is also named Christian, and who served jail time for manslaughter over his part in a fatal stabbing in 2002.

Ruth Whiteley, of Harrogate, Yorkshire, caused a stir with her rainbow 1980s-inspired attire on Wednesday night's The Apprentice. The 47-year-old sales training consultant was compared to Bake Off star Mary Berry, artist Grayson Perry and a clown.

Ashleigh Bowes was suffering from anorexia and depression and claimed other girls at her high school would mock her because her mother used a motorbike to get about. The 14-year-old was found dead at her family home in Macclesfield, Cheshire, on August 30 last year after taking an overdose of a drug used to treat anxiety. Her mother Susan (inset) told an inquest into her death: 'She told me in April that her class friends were taking the mickey out of her. I bought a motorbike at that point and she said they would laugh that I had that.'

Richard McDonald, six and his brother Lennon, five, from Corby, Northhamptonshire, suffer from Ectodermal Dysplasia (ED), which causes their hair, teeth and nails to grow abnormally (Richard is pictured, left, in Red, and Lennon in green). The boys do not have any sweat glands meaning they cannot control their body temperature - something that risks them suffering fatal seizures if their bodies overheat or get too cold. They were born with no teeth and later developed malformed and pointy 'vampire' teeth which made eating difficult, as they also do not produce any saliva. Recently, they been fitted with dentures so they can eat without fear of choking (pictured right). Their mother, Zoe McDonald, 27, says they love their new false teeth. She said: 'Since having their new teeth they've been able to eat so much easier. They get really excited hearing their teeth grind together and are obsessed with hearing their food crunch because they've not had it before.'

In a Nebraska town, with a population of just 14 people, four stores sold more than four million beer cans in a space of a year. The most frequent customers in Whiteclay are from Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, across the border in South Dakota, where alcoholism is rampant, despite strict rules banning booze. Even when women get pregnant, they carry on drinking, and it leads to their children being born with deformities and blood alcohol levels. One in four children in the Native American community are born with foetal alcohol syndrome, which causes stunted growth, facial impairments and prevents the sufferer's mental ages from developing. Many have hyperactive or have attention disorders, suffer from learning disabilities, and can sometimes be smaller than other children.

Costume historian Lucy Adlington reveals the cheats British women used to get the ideal figure in her book Stitches In Time. Women in the 1950s used inserts in their bras (from top left to right), 1960s girls wore girdles to get a waspish figure, the 1970s embraced a natural silhouette, (from bottom left to right) in the 1980s structured bras came back, the Wonderbra dominated the 1990s and a softer look has reigned since the millennium.

New video reveals hammering sounds several minutes before Mexico's most notorious drug lord escaped from his prison cell through a tunnel on July 11 with the TV turned on high volume. The footage previously released by the government contained no audio, so this is a further look into how the Sinaloa Cartel boss was sprung, using a complex tunnel via a hole in his cell's shower (main). The control room does not react when El Chapo disappears into shower (inset). Twenty-five minutes pass before two officers gather in front of screens and talk. Almost 30 minutes pass before guards appear outside the cell. Two guards claimed their computers froze at the time of the escape. However a judge reviewing the case claimed last week the men were actually playing solitaire.

Millionaire lingerie tycoon Michelle Mone officially took her seat in the House of Lords this morning. Wearing the traditional red ermine robe, Baroness Mone of Mayfair was flanked by the Welfare nubusrer Lord Freud and Tory peer Baroness Morris of Bolton. The short official ceremony comes just 24 hours after the Glasgow-born businesswoman's lingerie company announced losses of nearly £400,000. In front of a crowded House of Lords chamber this morning Lady Mone swore an oath of allegiance to the Queen before taking her seat.

The video shows Zeus the Serval standing on a table and cuddling up to his owner, model Morgan Lynn, nuzzling into her neck. Zeus starts to talk and seems to be calling her 'Mamma in the video, which has already been viewed nearly 75,000 on the pair's Youtube channel, which has 40,000 subscribers.The channel follows the incredible relationship between Zeus and his owner Morgan, a former contestant on reality show Great Escape on channel TNT. But keeping them is an expensive hobby, with the cats costing in excess of £20,000 (£13,000) in some cases.

Ellie May Holden, who was born at 28 weeks with cerebral palsy, died in the arms of her father Marc Hanley, pictured with his wife Gillian Holden and the four girls Ellie, Lucy, Bethany and Millie (main image), on Saturday evening. The schoolgirl (inset) had been taken to Royal Bolton Hospital last Monday before being transferred to Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool after contracting a virus. The couple, who defied odds of 750,000 to one to give birth to the girls (left), described Ellie as 'their world' and said their girls 'will forever be quads'.

Footage showed police firing dozens of rounds at the suspect as he ran past a checkpoint (left) near Damascus Gate wielding a knife. The man, reportedly a 20-year-old from the West Bank city of Hebron, ignored shouts to stop and was gunned down as leapt down a flight of steps (right), leaving him in a pool of blood on the floor (inset). Israeli police said the 'terrorist' had attempted to stab a security guard at an entrance to Jerusalem's Old City.

The mayor of London, who is completing a whistle-stop tour of the country in a bid to bolster ties between the Japanese and the UK, knocked over Toki Sekiguchi during a visit to Tokyo. Pictures showed Mr Johnson running full pelt into the 10-year-old with a look of determination on his face (inset) before both were sent sprawling onto the mini turf pitch (main picture). Toki, who had initially tried to stop Mr Johnson, a keen rugby fan, said he 'felt a little bit of pain' after the incident but added that it had been 'enjoyable' meeting the mayor anyway. It comes after Mr Johnson signed a deal with his counterpart in the Japanese capital to work together ahead of Japan's stint as a host nation for the 2020 Olympics and the Rugby World Cup a year earlier.

Shannon (left) Dale Hickman (right), both 30, were convicted in 2011 of second-degree manslaughter for the death of their son, David (inset), who died nine hours after a home birth. Even though was born two months premature and was having trouble breathing, the two chose to put olive oil on the baby's head and pray rather than call 911. Members of a controversial faith-healing church in Oregon, they said the boy's death was 'God's will'. Prosecutors said the death was '99 per cent' avoidable with medical attention, and a judge rejected their appeal last week. They will each serve six years in prison.

If you are afraid of heights you will probably want to look away now. Here are some of the most precarious or plain scary bridges that face brave adventurers around the world. If you wish to experience the breathtaking panoramas of the mountainous Ai-Petri region on the southeastern coast of Crimea, you must first brave the wooden bridges that tower over vast ravines (pictured). And you have to have nerves of steel to risk death or serious injury when you take on the world's most dangerous trail - Mount Hua near the city of Huayin in China which features stomach-churning drops, vertical ascents, steep staircases and narrow walkways, with only a small chain to cling onto (inset).

Diners have been left shocked after their raw fish jumped off the plate just as they began to eat their meal. In a 20 second video clip posted online, the fish can be seen on the plate before it's fin begins to shake, then it's body before jumping up leaving the Japanese eaters screaming in terror.

A video captured by a passenger on the Sky Airlines flight from Santiago to Copiapo saw the left engine's protective casing lift up and break off as the plane began to climb. The aircraft soon returned to the airport in Chile where the 137 passengers were transferred onto another flight.

Toronto-based cake decorator Yolanda Gampp created a life-like brain made out of red velvet cake, fondant and raspberry jam, sharing the recipe on her YouTube channel How To Cake It. The YouTuber explained that she wanted to make the cake look like it just came out of a human skull.

The boxer was captured on video lying on an American beach alongside another canine and a mischievous young girl, who soon began kicking his stomach with her bare feet (top left). Seconds later, the dog decided enough was enough - and jumped to his feet. He then turned around and began frantically digging in the sand (top right), spraying heaps of it all over the youngster. The startled girl, believed to be part of the dog's family, quickly heaved herself out of the line of fire (bottom left) and started laughing (bottom right).

Sun Wei ended up half way across the country after being abducted aged four. His father Sun Zhenghua spent 20 years searching for him around China. They were finally reunited October 14 (pictured) thanks to DNA testing.