Over a year ago, CBC ran a documentary called "girls in gloves"

http://www.cbc.ca/sunday/2007/12/120907_1.html

A school teacher was mentioned in the film. She was gpoing against the families and 'promoters' and feeding the girls food. According to the film, they were kept on 'survival' diets to keep them in lower weight classes.

If the story is true, and not another example of media sensationalism; I would like to get the name of that teacher and submit it to the CNN 'Heroes' Awards.

She must put up with a lot of negative reaction for doing what is right, as human being.

I did not care for the bias in the story. Horror music was edited in during the bout, overriding the traditional muay thai music. And when the girl said the (vitamin rich) melon and (not shown) nam prik would taste good, that was left out of the translation. These are examples of bias used to sensationalize the story. The girls like participating in this ancient sport and it makes life better for them and their family. As a sports person, I found it inspiring to see these young student athletes given this chance. Sure beats spending the day playing video games which many of their peers are doing.