Ashley Nichols

We have a celebrity at our school. Her name is Ashley Nichols, and she is the Muaythai world champion boxer.  She participated in a competition of 1000 participants from 108 countries, the largest competition ever to be held outside of the art's native land of Thailand. Not only did she win, but she beat the former champion, who was from Russia in the semi-finals, which led her to fight Germany in the finals.

She's also the Athlete of Cambridge two years in a row, and she is the North American champion at kickboxing. She's going to compete at the Ottawa Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu tournament,and she's been asked to represent Canada in kick boxing at the Pan Am Games in December.

I know of this because she is a former student in the program I'm taking right now. Her achievement was broadcasted over my program's online messaging system (it's called ANGEL, don't know why). I watched her fight, and I gotta say, she was FEROCIOUS! It was the championship match, and you could tell who was going to win before the match even started.

In her interview, she is so cool and calm, with so many perceptions of her opponents. Her fighting form was fiery, but her perceptions are cool.

I saw this girl get her picture taken with her trophy in front of the Aboriginal services office. I see her across the school. She doesn't seem to get the kind of celebrity focus you'd expect. I should ask her for her autograph.