Natural 20-inch Waist

Romanian model Ioana Spangenberg says she has natural 20-inch waist. When you see her thin middlein contrast to her 32-inch hips, it's no wonder tabloids like The Sun are referring to Spangenberg as "the human hourglass." The 30-year-old clocks in around 84 pounds, and says she was average size until her teen years. "When I was 13 my waist was around 15 inches. Someone could put their hands around it, their fingers would touch and they would still have extra room," she told the Sun. 

Spangenberg insists she's tried everything and cannot gain weight around her midsection. "No one seems to believe it, but every day I eat three big meals and I snack on chocolate and crisps all the time. I just have a small stomach. It's a bit like having a natural gastric band - if I eat too much, I feel sick," she told the Sun. "In Romania it is better to be overweight, because that means you are from a wealthy family...so while my friends were going out and dating, I was sitting at home with Mars bars wishing I could fatten up," she told the paper. 

As women all too familiar with trickery like Photoshop and wearing three pairs of Spanx, It's hard for us to believe Spangenberg isn't wearing a corset under her clothing. The legendary Ethel Granger, whose 13-inch waist was documented as the smallest in history, only attained her size with the help of severely pinching corsets. But Spangenberg insists her size and shape are all-natural, and with the encouragement of her German husband Jan, she's turned to the modeling industry to flaunt her skeletal figure. 

"Jan was the first person who saw me as beautiful and encouraged me to celebrate my body. He asked me to pose in some photos for him," she told the Sun. "He was so impressed he put them online and the response was amazing." Spangenberg admits she has struggled with her self-esteem and told the publication she still wishes she could pack on a few pounds. "I would still like to gain weight so I don't look so shocking - and now that I live in Germany I can't get enough pizza or kebabs," she said. "But I'm finally comfortable in my own skin." 

If she really, truly, I not wearing corsets, we're glad Spangenberg has come to terms with her natural appearance and we're glad she's gotten a good response from viewers. We can only hope women won't latch on to her unattainable size. 

Check out the video of Spangenberg below for more shocking images of her exaggerated hourglass figure.

Gainesville Woman Tossed Used Condoms at Store Clerk Before Exposing Herself

Jealousy is about as pretty as a bag full of used condoms.

A woman in Gainesville stands accused of verbally assaulting a female store clerk at a Kangaroo convenience store, dumping a bag of used condoms on the counter, slinging one at the clerk, and, for good measure, exposing all of her private business.

The clerk used to date a man the woman was in a sexual relationship with, if that helps you make anymore sense out of this.

The unidentified 23-year-old woman was for some reason irate about the 29-year-old clerk's past with her man, so on Tuesday night she showed up at the Kangaroo armed with the bag of used condoms according to The Gainesville Sun.

She began shouting and cursing at the clerk, and asking her inappropriate, personal questions. The clerk refused to answer, so naturally the woman dumped the pile of used condoms on to the counter.

Then she lifted her shirt up and pulled her shorts down, fully exposing herself to the clerk and the surveillance camera.

The woman left, but decided all of that wasn't quite enough so a short while later she reentered the store and threw a condom at the clerk. Why quite when you're already ahead in the ridiculous department?

The woman has not been arrested yet, but the local Sheriff's office has filed a sworn complaint charging the woman of battery and indecent exposure. That complain will be sent to the State Attorney's office before an arrest is made.

The store had to temporarily close over night to clean up the mess.

56 Years Old Michael Thorson Sexually Assulted Sleeping Lady

When a Glendale woman awoke from a vodka and Xanax-inspired nap Thursday night, 56-year-old Michael Thorson was in the town house she's sharing with a friend -- and his fingers were in her vagina.

According to court documents obtained by New Times, the 53-year-old victim and her female roommate were at the pool at their complex of town houses on Northern Avenue in Glendale, which is where they met Thorson, who also lives in the complex.

The two women -- as well as Thorson -- had been drinking. The victim later told police she saw Thorson drink at least eight beers in about three hours as she and her friend drank vodka and juice.

The three went back to the women's town house where they ordered food and continued to drink. Then the victim decided to throw some Xanax into the mix, which caused her and her friend to pass out with a still-conscious Thorson in their town house.

The victim was wearing only a night shirt and underwear. When she woke up, Thorson's hand was under her night shirt, and his fingers were in her vagina.

The victim then kicked Thorson out of her house.

The next morning, the victim called police and told them about the sexual assault. With police listening in, she called Thorson and got him to admit to getting a little grabby while she was passed out the night before.

Thorson acknowledged that he put his fingers in the sleeping woman's vagina, and that he was sorry.

Thorson was arrested at his home later that day. He again admitted to police that he'd assaulted the woman, and continued to apologize.

Thorson was booked on one count of sexual assault. 

EU Spends £2.5m Encouraging People to Eat Insects

Nutrition experts have found a cheap way to help save the environment and solve the food shortage crisis. They have found an abundant supply of food rich in calcium and protein, while low in fat. But the squeamish might want to look away now - because the food source is insects.

The European Union thinks creepy crawlies should start appearing on menus after experts in Brussels recommended that bugs could be a vital source of nutrition, The Sunday Times newspaper reported. So scorpion soup and cricket casserole could soon be options, as the European Commission has now offered £2.65million into a project to promote eating insects. 

They have also ordered the UK Food Standards Agency to investigate and potentially look at ways to make entomophagy - the eating of insects - a more popular choice. One study found that grasshoppers offer 20 per cent protein with a tiny six per cent fat, compared to lean ground beef's 24 per cent protein and 18 per cent fat.

The research institute that offers the best proposal for investigating 'insects as novel sources of proteins' will be awarded the money by the commission. They will have to research quality and safety, potential allergies and what sort of proteins the insects offer.

Professor Marcel Dicke, leading a team at Wageningen University, in Holland, is applying for the grant. He told the Sunday Times: 'By 2020 you will be buying insects in supermarkets. 'We have already seen the introduction of eggplants, sushi, things people never ate here. I think it will start with ground-up insects in sauces and burgers.' Snacking on silkworm moth larvae or adding blitzed bees to sauces could offer a much-needed solution to soaring costs of red meat.

More traditional sources of protein - such as beef - are not sufficient enough to feed the world's rapidly growing population and are costly to feed, so their prices are soaring. Alternatively insects emit fewer greenhouse gases than cattle, require less feed and are viewed as more environmentally friendly.

The Sunday Times reported that supporters claim that insects provide a minimum of 200kg of biomass - energy from biological material - because there is such a plentiful supply of them.

After television series including I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! in which contestants have to eat unappetising meals of different insects in 'bushtucker trials' there has been a swell of interest in eating insects.Selfridges and Fortnum and Mason started stocking the insects to cater for the -as yet - niche taste.