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On July 4, 2011, Sonya Thomas became the champion of the first Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest for Women. [13] Previously, women and men had competed against each other, except for one Memorial Day competition held in 1975. [5] Eating 40 hot dogs in 10 minutes, Thomas earned the inaugural Pepto-Bismol-sponsored pink belt and won $10,000. [14]
Lesco finished in second to Miki Sudo in the 2017, [2] 2018, [3] and 2019 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contests before winning in 2021, when Sudo did not compete because of her pregnancy. [4] She is the third woman to win the Pink Mustard Belt since the contest was started in 2011.
He first attended the competition in 1988 and served as a judge. [4] In 1991, Shea took over the Coney Island hot dog eating contest. He originally had the role of a press agent and was tasked with promoting the event. Back in the '90s, Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest was reportedly small and only had a few dozen spectators.
Every Fourth of July, starting when she was 15, Jacqueline Lewis and her family come together to honor a great American tradition: the Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating competition.
LEONARDO MUNOZ/AFP via Getty Images Miki Sudo set a new record during Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating contest — but she's been a champ for years prior. Sudo, 38, became a reigning winner on Thursday ...
Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest records. In 2021, Chestnut set the world record for hot dogs and buns eaten with 76. Chestnut set the world record twice in the prior three contests: In 2018, he ...
The Alka-Seltzer U.S. Open of Competitive eating, a three-hour elimination tournament was a 2005 IFOCE production. In 2006, IFOCE produced three hours of programming on ESPN, including a one-hour live show on the 2005 Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest and one-hour shows on the Johnsonville Foods Bratwurst contest and the Krystal Hamburger ...
In July, she set the world records for most hot dogs eaten at a Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest by a female at 51 and a half, and most wins of the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest by a female, 10.