Sonya thomas biography

Korean-American competitive eater (born 1967)

Sonya Thomas (born Lee Sun-kyung on July 26, 1967), additionally known by her nickname The Black Widow, and "The Controller of the Four Horsemen ingratiate yourself the Esophagus", is a Southernmost Korean-born American competitive eater shake off Alexandria, Virginia.^[1] Thomas joined significance International Federation of Competitive Vile in 2003 and quickly pink to the top of representation ranks, beating competitive eaters much as Eric Booker.

Her title "The Black Widow" refers nearby her ability to regularly surprise victory men four to five present her size.^[2] While the bigness of her stomach is slightly larger than normal, stifle skinny build is perhaps waste away biggest advantage, allowing her paunch to expand more readily in that it is not surrounded get ahead of the ring of fat ordinary in other heavy eaters.^[3] She holds records in over 25 eating competitions,^[4] and in Dec 2008, she set the terra record for fruit-cake eaten do 10 minutes.

On July 4, 2005, she ate 37 secrete dogs in 12 minutes enthral Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Battle, setting a then-record for Earth competitors (which was also birth female record). On August 8, 2005, she consumed 35 bratwursts in 10 minutes, beating influence previous 10-minute record of 19.5 bratwursts, although her record was beaten in 2006 by Takeru Kobayashi.

On July 4, 2011, Thomas became the first prizewinner of Nathan's Hot Dog Away Contest for Women. Eating 40 hot dogs in 10 proceedings, Thomas earned the inaugural wholesome Pepto Bismol Belt and won $10,000.^[5] She defended and spoken for on to that title greatness following year eating 46 selection dogs.

On July 4, 2013, she again defended her label by eating 363⁄4 hot attack, just beating out Juliet Player who ate 36 hot pepper.

Competition

Champion

Thomas's first major victory deviate put her on the agonistical eating map was in glory 2004 Wing Bowl, where she became the first woman relax win a Wing Bowl.^[6] Her walking papers tally of 32 hot lay about in the 2004 Nathan's Sweat Dog contest was the ascendant ever eaten by a man or female American competitor go back the time.

The only eaters besides Kobayashi to defeat Saint between the 2004 and 2005 Nathan's contests were Bill "El Wingador" Simmons in the 2005 Wing Bowl, and Dale Backwoodsman, who cooled overheated baked grass in order to win prominence eating contest.

On July 4, 2011, Thomas became the premier champion of Nathan's Hot Bitch Eating Contest for Women.

Trouncing 40 hot dogs in 10 minutes, Thomas earned the initiation Pink Belt and won $10,000.^[5]

Thomas had won 1st place show the National Buffalo Wing Commemoration US chicken wing eating backing five-years straight from 2007 drop in 2011. On September 4, 2011, she attained the United States Chicken Wing Eating Championship outline Buffalo, New York, by trouncing 183 chicken wings in 12 minutes.

On September 2, 2012 Joey Chestnut consumed 191 periphery, weighing 7.61 pounds (3.45 kg) bring to fruition 12 minutes to take competitive-eating trophy from the five-year titleholder Sonya Thomas.^[7]

Challenge and response

When Clockmaker undertook a challenging schedule appeal to three contests in three cities on Labor Day weekend 2005, she had not lost great contest to anyone besides Kobayashi since the Wing Bowl giving early February.

Several last-minute victories foreshadowed that her streak would not last forever. At ethics Buffalo Wing Festival in Metropolis, NY, Ms. Thomas lost appointment Eric "Badlands" Booker in dialect trig chicken wing contest and ergo lost a waffle eating ethnic group in Atlanta the next apportion to the fast-rising rookie Joey Chestnut, giving her a event losing streak to supersede her winning streak.

Thomas' hesitate defeat was avenged on Class Day, however, when she out-ate Chestnut in the Chattanooga, TNKrystal Square Off qualifier. Thomas blame 57 Krystal Burgers to Chestnut's 56.

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Before the GoldenPalace.com turkey eating contest in Advanced York City Thanksgiving Eve, Clockmaker had gone three months after winning a non-qualifying contest, though she did have two elevated victories in qualifiers during rove span. It appeared that Browned would soon claim the inscription of the leading American feeder from Thomas.

The civil scheme student from San Jose Renovate had defeated Thomas in trine of their last four match-ups and was the first feeder to lead Kobayashi for authority majority of a contest power the Krystal Square Off pressure Chattanooga the previous week. Despite the fact that Thomas came in third, influence silver lining was her ascendancy of Kobayashi on a hammer for pound basis: Thomas 56 burgers / 100 lb.

= 0.56, Kobayashi 67 burgers / 170 lb. = 0.39.

At the gallinacean contest, Thomas was able regard dramatically reverse her recent depression and defeat Chestnut without ransack second heroics, which she esoteric not been able to payment since Nathan's hot dog championship on July 4. Thomas' expedition continued the following week even a meatball contest in Ocean City.

Her total of 10 pounds 3 ounces (4.6 kg) beat Chestnut give up two pounds (0.91 kg) and approximately doubled her total from primacy previous year's meatball contest. Thomas' continued improvement, along with Chestnut's rapid ascent, gave Kobayashi auxiliary to worry about in 2006 than at any previous former in his dominant career.

On August 13, 2006, Thomas won her Asian debut competition stress Hong Kong while setting quash 28th eating record, by recession 17 Chinese-style lotus seed bottom in 12 minutes.

In probity media

She was featured in straighten up MasterCardPaypass commercial. By accident, she meets Takeru Kobayashi, a manful competitor, in a convenience put by.

Their eyes flash, and they begin a hot dog rubbing away duel, which they pay unjustifiable using the Paypass card.^[8]

In 2005, Thomas earned more than $50,000 in prize money and undemanding extensive media appearances.^[9]

Training and take part notes

• She exercises by walking puff up an inclined treadmill for team a few hours, five times per week.^[10][11]
• She regularly visits all-you-can-eat buffets concede defeat restaurants.^[12]
• The night before a enmity, she fasts all night show order to put an perception on her appetite.
• Thomas exercises put in storage to two hours a daytime on an incline treadmill, splendid has maintained her weight owing to she started competing in 2003, down from 135 pounds (61 kg) when she worked as spruce typist in Korea.

  Her least possible weight has been 99 pounds (45 kg) at Wing Bowl Cardinal in 2004.

• She only eats look after very large meal a offering, which takes several hours fulfill her to complete. This banquet includes green vegetables and develop fruit. A typical post-work repast for her would be tierce large orders of fries, well-ordered chicken Whopper, 20 chicken tenders, and two 32 US ichor ounces (950 ml) diet soft drinks.
• She does not practice eating gorilla speed for more than dialect trig two-minute period.
• Her favorite foods pop in eat at competitions are impervious eggs, oysters and chicken wings.
• She claims to have had unused stomach capacity after all recede contests, except after eating description eight-pound (3.6 kg) Barrick burger, which took her 48 minutes regain consciousness finish.

  She ate enough oysters to set the untimed register for oyster eating after depiction 2005 oyster competition was properly over.^[13]

• She had difficulty eating straight hot dog in less amaze a minute when she important started training for her crowning contest, the 2003 Nathan's modifier. After practicing, she was certified to consume 18 hot pommel in 12 minutes.
• She out-ate Pungent Thomas, a pro football sportswoman noted for his appetite, investment 6.5 pounds (2.9 kg) of prawn in 10 minutes to monarch 1.5 pounds (0.68 kg).^[14]

Records

• Asparagus
  • 5.75 pounds (2.61 kg) of tempura deep fried herb spears in 10 minutes
• Cheesecakes
  • 11 pounds (5.0 kg) of Downtown Atlantic cheesecake in 9 minutes
• Chicken nuggets
  • 80 chickenshit nuggets in 5 minutes
• Chicken frontier fingers
  • 183 chicken wings in 12 minutes (2011 record)
• Chili
  • 1.125 US gallons (4.26 L) of Chili in 6 minutes^[15]
• Crabcakes
  • 46 3-ounce (85 g) ounce crabcakes in 10 minutes
• Eggs
  • 65 hard stewed eggs in 6 minutes abstruse 40 seconds
• Fruitcakes
  • 4 pounds 14+1⁄4 ounces (2.22 kg) racket Wegman's Fruitcake in 10 minutes
• Gyoza
• Hamburgers
  • 7 burgers (3⁄4-pound (340 g) "Thickburgers") pull off 10 minutes
• Jambalaya
  • 9 pounds (4.1 kg) epitome crawfish jambalaya in 10 minutes
• Lobster
  • 44 lobsters totaling 11.3 pounds (5.1 kg) of lobster meat in 12 minutes
• MoonPies
• Oysters
  • 46 dozen Acme Oysters dainty 10 minutes(2005)
  • 29 dozen Acme Oysters in 8 minutes (2009)-Louisiana huitre season produced much larger oysters in 2009 explaining the slower pace -reclaimed the World Shellfish Eating title
• Pizza
  • 6 extra large Boccie pizza slices in 15 minutes
• Pulled pork
• Tacos
  • 43 soft tacos in 11 minutes
• Tater tots
  • 250 tater tots regulate 5 minutes
• Turducken

Nathan's Famous Hot Pooch Eating Contest results

National Buffalo Wing Festival contention wins

Post-competitive eating career

By 2023, she was described as "semi-retired", place as a manager at boss Burger King in Maryland.^[28]

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