The Sun: Schoolgirl was a sumo star at 14
SCHOOLGIRL Sammy Stacey was thrilled when she became a sumo star at just 14. The youngster couldn't believe her luck when she became the first Western girl ever to be invited to join a top sumo school in Japan. But Sammy's delight soon turned to misery when her sumo teachers began to force-feed her and she ballooned to a giant 23 STONE. Sammy, now 16, said: "I was so excited about gaining a place. But it was horrible. Because I was low-ranking, I had to get up at five and prepare breakfast for the other students. No-one spoke English and I didn't understand what was going on in lessons. I felt constantly sick from all the food we had to eat"...she claims when she arrived at the school her sumo teachers forced her to eat greasy porridge with eggs and lumps of meat, and screamed at her until she finished up to five bowls at a time. She said: "Every morning it was the same thing -- eat, eat, eat. As soon as I put my bowl down, they were prodding me to pick it up again." Sammy was told to snack on beans covered in oil before lunch, which was more meat and rice. Her daily calorie intake was around 5,500, nearly three times the average recommended for a woman. After six months Sammy called her parents and begged them to take her home...more...
Board regulars might remember Sammy from this post in the Random Gaijin thread. She trained in Australia on a diet of Weetabix and lasagne.
