Her accessible activity began in February 1998, with a achievement in Bangkok's Lumpini Stadium, the centermost of the Muay Thai world. The Thai media were understandably absorbed by the change and applesauce of a composition cutting 16-year-old kathoey, or "lady boy", acquisition and again kissing a larger, added able-bodied opponent.

Although the Thai government had ahead blocked kathoey athletes from accommodating in the civic volleyball aggregation for abhorrence of abrogating acknowledgment from the blow of the world, the Muay Thai enactment accepted Nong Tum, and tourism admiral answer her as "indicative of the wonders to be found" in Thailand. Perhaps not coincidentally, Muay Thai had been in a several-year slump at the time, and Nong Tum had abundantly revitalized both media and accessible absorption in the sport, as apparent by added admission sales and amphitheater revenue.

She was profiled in several magazines, and appeared in abounding Thai music videos. Subsequently, her accessible contour began to fade, but her bouts with a foreigner, as able-bodied as her cruise to Japan to action a Japanese challenger, kept her face in the news. By abatement of 1998, there was little advantage of Nong Tum to be begin in either the boilerplate or battle media.

In 1999, Nong Tum acquired ample publicity by announcement her retirement from bang boxing, her ambition to become a singer, and her plan to abide sex reassignment surgery. Initially she was angry bottomward by some of the Bangkok surgeons she angry to, but again the anaplasty was performed in 1999.

Her adventure is accompanying in the 2003 blur Beautiful Boxer in which she was portrayed by real-life macho kickboxer Asanee Suwan. The blur won several civic and all-embracing awards, yet opened to bound success in Thailand. It came to United States theatres in 2005. The film's director, Ekachai Uekorngtham, additionally wrote the abandoned achievement Battle Cabaret for Nong Tum which she performed in the summer of 2005 at the Singapore Arts Festival and afterwards in Bangkok.

Nong Tum's adventure was additionally included in Julina Khusaini's Civic Geographic documentary Hidden Genders (2003).

this is her movie story at 2004

As of 2004, Nong Tum co-owned a kickboxing affected in Bangkok's Suan Lum Night Bazaar area she accomplished adolescent boys and girls.

On February 26, 2006, Nong Tum fabricated a improvement as boxer. She fought an exhibition bout for Fairtex Gym's new Pattaya branch, redubbed Nong Tum Fairtex Gym, by angry a 140-pound challenge adjoin Japan's Kenshiro Lookchaomaekhemthong. Nong Tum won by accepted accommodation afterwards the three-round fight, abrogation her battling with a cut abreast his eye from an bend in the aftermost round.