million dollar car graveyard
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50 vintage cars have been left to rot and decay in a german forest a collection of supercars have purposely been crashed into trees buried in mud and placed on cliff faces by former racing driver michael frhlich michael was sat down by his father at a young age and told to make something of his life by the time he turned 50 after winning a grand prix race in germany in 1984 in his very own jaguar xk120 michael decided to collect one vintage car for each year of his life until the year 2000 his collection includes a rolls royce with a queen elizabeth doll at the wheel a porsche 356 racer and a buick videographer director: christoph hagen producer: danny baggott ellie winstanley editor: jack stevens

i got 99 problems but fat aint one shake my beauty
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a plus-size model claims she has 03999 problems but being fat ain039t one julianna mazzei aka jewelz is confident humorous and sassy and has no shame when it comes to posing with little clothing and talking to her thousands of social media followers about fat problems the 25-year-old from toronto canada told barcroft tv: i feel sexy in my body and i feel like everybody should although the body positive advocate is now confident in her size 22 clothes jewelz hasnt always been proud to show off her physique in revealing clothing

btvs top 10 stories 2018
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in 2018 barcroft tv has featured the most inspiring shocking and heart-warming stories from across the world from exploring the world of snake-handling churches to getting sassy with killer plus-size dance troupes meeting everyone from inspiring transgender children to people who proudly embrace their differences such as a woman with a beard and a teen whose body is covered in 90 percent burns to celebrate barcroft tvs 11 billion youtube views and an additional 2 million subscribers weve collated our top 10 most viewed videos of the year and can now reveal our most incredible and inspirational figures of 2018

the woman with the giant feet born different
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a genetic mutation has caused a womans leg to swell to more than three times its normal size tawheeda jan aged 21 from indian administered kashmir was born with lymphatic filariasis a condition more commonly known as elephantiasis elephantiasis is typically characterized by thickening of the skin and subcutaneous tissue that causes grossly enlarged and swollen limbs the condition has affected tawheeda since birth but has worsened over time sadly tawheeda has never been able to wear shoes and has even had her toes amputated to try and ease her discomfort but still faces a daily struggle with the condition

i live with 12 love dolls truly
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a retired psychiatric nurse has been given a new lease of life through one of his more peculiar passions - sex doll photography dean bevan 59 from ipswich uk shares his home with a harem of 12 plastic women and interchangeable heads regularly mixing-up their look by applying their make-up and dressing his dolls in a collection of outfits the fascination with his synthetic subjects began after watching the channel 4 sci-fi drama humans unable to shake the allure dean promptly purchased sarah a voluptuous blonde who boasts a 30dd bust the former mental health nurse acknowledges he doesnt have a physical relationship with all of his dolls although he confesses he is very fond of sarah sometimes sharing a bed with her

being disabled doesnt stop us being great parents born different
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a family from watford england want the world to know that life can be the same when living with disabilities faye pearson 29 and her husband stevie 26 are parents to 18-month-old rowan both of their conditions are progressive however neither was passed onto their son rowan stevie and faye rely on the help of carers around the clock but are determined that people recognize this does not mean they are in less control when it comes to bringing up their son and providing him with the love and care he requires

i escaped a sex cult
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a woman who escaped from a cult as a teenager is sharing her story to help encourage other victims to come forward dawn watson grew up in the notorious and international sex cult the children of god as a child she dreamed of escaping from the realities and abuses of cult life age 13 she was able to escape for real from the children of god now known as family international - but her journey to recovery has been a long one marked with painful memories that have taken far longer to be set free from

chernobyl blade runner: overcoming adversity after nuclear fallout
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double amputee tatsiana khvitsko has defied all odds to become a competitive runner and crossfitter on prosthetic blades the 24-year-old was born in belarus and has no legs and just three fingers on her left hand and one on her right as a result of chernobyl radiation after her parents sent her to an orphanage tatsiana looked set to be rough but doctors from america brought her to kansas and gave her a new lease of life no she runs half marathons and has made a name for herself in the crossfit scene after taking up weightlifting last yearvideographer director: shaun cloudproducer: rebecca lewis chloe browneeditor: sonia estal

the 1 million brazilian ken doll hooked on the look
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a brazilian model has spent over 1 million on achieving his human doll look with his pearly white smile perfect physique blond hair and ice blue eyes maurcio galdi looks like a real-life barbies boyfriend ken brazilian-born maurcio had his first plastic surgery at the age of 16 and since then underwent more than 11 plastic surgeries and multiple cosmetic procedures including silicone implants into his arms chest and his bum and a high-risk permanent eye colour change procedure the 30-year-old admits that his looks have helped him to gain fame and become a tv and social media personality brazilian human ken says he is happy with his looks now but he is planning on getting further non-surgical procedures in the near future

i escaped a sex cult
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a woman who escaped from a cult as a teenager is sharing her story to help encourage other victims to come forward dawn watson grew up in the notorious and international sex cult the children of god as a child she dreamed of escaping from the realities and abuses of cult life age 13 she was able to escape for real from the children of god now known as family international - but her journey to recovery has been a long one marked with painful memories that have taken far longer to be set free from

jyoti amge becomes the world039s smallest woman
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nagpur india - december 07: a teenager the size of a large watermelon became the world039s smallest woman after turning 18 today friday tiny two feet tall jyoti amge of nagpur india celebrated the occasion with a birthday cake almost as big as her jyoti who was already widely regarded as the world039s smallest girl is anxiously waiting for confirmation she has grabbed the title from 2ft 3in american record holder bridgette jordan

im more than just my wrinkly skin shake my beauty
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a model whose saggy skin makes her look years older than her 28 years is determined to change the face of beauty even as she battles poor health sara geurts from minneapolis minnesota has ehlers danlos syndrome a connective tissue disorder that means her body lacks collagen while most people with ehlers danlos syndrome show no visible signs saras rarer form of dermatosparaxis eds causes her skin to sag excessively two years ago sara went viral in a barcroft tv video about her condition and since then has been making waves in the modelling industry but in spite of her success sara continues to battle with poor health and the last year in particular has been one of the hardest

plus-size yoga: instagram celebrity fighting fatphobia
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voluptuous valerie sagan is defying internet trolls with her eye-watering yoga bendsthe 27-year-old who buys her lycra in a size 22 has amassed over 30000 followers on instagram with her posts of complicated backbends gravity defying headstands - and positive attitudesuper-stretchy valerie who weighs 17 stone used to be painfully self-conscious about her size but is now spreading her message of body-positivity onlineyet her body-confidence has drawn criticism from vicious trolls who bully her about her weightdespite negative comments valerie gives advice plus-size girls and hopes to become a yoga teacher to women like hershe began to document her progress on tumblr and instagram and was soon winning an army of fans from plus-size yoga enthusiasts around the worldvideographer director: ruaridh connellanproducer: rebecca lewis chloe browneeditor: kyle waters

i made myself blind: living with biid
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for most people becoming blind would be a living nightmare - but forjewel shupingit was the fulfilment of a lifelong dreamjewel 30 from north carolina usa has body integrity identity disorder biid a condition in which able-bodied people believe they are meant to be disabledher need to lose her sight was so strong that in2006 she decided to blind herself- by having a sympathetic psychologist pour drain cleaner into her eyesvideographer director: ruaridh connellanproducer: tom midlane nick johnsoneditor: sonia estal ian phillips

piyah martell the transgender teen star with no legs
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piyah martell has a condition called caudal regression syndrome which means she was born with tiny legs and cannot walk on them but it has not stopped her dream of becoming a star and she films herself performing music videos becoming a hit on you tube and myspace piyah was born as pedro martell but announced to her parents at the age of 15 that she wanted to transition to becoming a girl she began buying women039s outfits and wearing make-up and is now considering taking hormones and having a sex change operation piyah who has a short spine and appears to have just half a body had a hard life as a child losing her real mum at eight being bullied at school and seeing her step-mum go through treatment for terminal cancer but piyah who has to walk on her hands has coped with everything by retreating into her own world of music and performing