2013 Nathan’s finals – women
update July 8
Rake & Herald reports: Report 1 | Report 2
The Dana Point Times has a profile of Mary Bowers
Missouri Net thinks Juliet Lee won the contest and should have received the same amount ($10,000) as Joey Chestnut.
Official Results Part 1 | Part 2
1) Sonya Thomas 36.75, 3rd women’s division victory in a row, 11 straight finals where she was top female
2) Juliet Lee 36
3) Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco 27.5, originally 30
4) Meredith Boxberger 26, spelled “Boxburger” by ESPN
5) Larell Marie Mele 21
6) Neslie Ricasa 14
7) Mary Bowers 10
8T) Laura Riehman 6.5
8T) Prudence Di Benedetto 6.5
update A picture of the field (without Juliet Lee) I do not recognize the two women on the right
According to the official contest roster, five female qualifier winners are not competing in Coney Island today: Miki Sudo, Molly Schuyler, Dee Martin, Christina Ginn and Terri Reeves.
The Rake & Herald has an interview with Miki Sudo, the top female performer on the 2013 qualifier circuit (40 hot dogs) conducted before she withdrew from the finals. In another Rake & Herald article, Rich Shea declined to provide any new information about the withdrawal (but he does say that Miki Sudo will compete in the Hooters wing finals later this month)
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anonymous said
July 4, 2013 @ 10:44 am
Not even worth watching on the net
Anonymous said
July 4, 2013 @ 11:35 am
Thanks for everything OJ!
Anonymous said
July 4, 2013 @ 11:44 am
WHOOHOO! It was a real contest and TBW pulled it out beautifully.
Dan M said
July 4, 2013 @ 11:45 am
Yeah not worth watching. Only won by 3/4 of a dog.
Anonymous said
July 4, 2013 @ 11:49 am
Juliet was outstanding! They both looked sick at the end.
BB Express said
July 4, 2013 @ 11:50 am
The fix was in for Sonya.
How do the other women who placed second in qualifying rounds feel when the one who beat them failed to show at the finals. I waould be upset feeling that should be me up there if the one who beat me had no intention to compete.
Did you see all the debris around Sonya AND Juliet. One would need a sifter to count the number of HDB’s that became debris on the table, the floor and in the cups. CE is becoming more and more who can CHEAT the best.
NO debris with pickles
Proof in numbers said
July 4, 2013 @ 11:56 am
There t is… Miki would have easily won. Another sham of a champion at Nathan’s famous thanks to MLE,s manipulation?
Rich said
July 4, 2013 @ 12:25 pm
That is a fact! Miki would have won in a rout.
Anonymous said
July 4, 2013 @ 12:29 pm
You can tell who the anti mle, anti TBW and anti Lovely comments are coming from, all three of who should be flattered of the jealousy.
Bye bye poser said
July 4, 2013 @ 12:31 pm
Betcha tbw will NOT return to Nathan’s…. She is washed up.. Her legacy will always be the contest fixing done by MLE on her behalf and particularly this 2013 nathan,s contest .what a joke .Wins by 3/4 really ? And we should believe this number why ?
Non Poser said
July 4, 2013 @ 2:38 pm
Poser she seems to believe otherwise. I tend to agree w TBW. Even if she finishes third that is still $2.5 K.
Anonymous said
July 4, 2013 @ 2:46 pm
Where is Hank or should we say Rhonda, to come on here and make some crazy excuses as to why she did not cover Miki’s qualifier #.
Anonymous said
July 4, 2013 @ 2:53 pm
Maybe they both have a life.
The Natural said
July 4, 2013 @ 2:58 pm
Well now I believe Sonya in saying she does not practice.
Anonymous said
July 4, 2013 @ 3:07 pm
Kudos to Sonya for finally playing by the rules. An honest 36 is far more honorable than a sneaky, cheating, cup-stuffing 45. Lets give her a moment to recognize she just exposed herself.
Anonymous said
July 4, 2013 @ 5:40 pm
Exposure is something you long for 307.
anonymous said
July 4, 2013 @ 9:57 pm
Whats funny is that while George is announcing Sonya the winner , Juliett is still eating for at least a minute.Sonya really won by bigger total.
anonymous said
July 4, 2013 @ 9:58 pm
Miki and July 4th dont mix after what she did
anonymous said
July 4, 2013 @ 10:09 pm
Miki and July 4th dont mix? Miki not being at the table is like Elvis being thrown out of the building. Miki is actually better looking than Elvis
anonymous said
July 4, 2013 @ 10:13 pm
If you read the latest Bits and Pieces Seiken issued an apology to Sonya .She has 48hrs to acknowledge that apology or he will go back to trashing her
Anonymous said
July 4, 2013 @ 10:14 pm
Hank and Sonya don’t deserve anyone’s respect after what they did. This mostly applies to Hank. aka 9:58 pm
Anonymous said
July 4, 2013 @ 11:04 pm
10:13 assumes that Sonya reads Seiken’s Bits and Pieces. Where is all this accusation of Sonya filling her cups coming from? Bob Shoudt and Seiken only? I never saw any of that before in ten years or so following Sonya since she began. I have seen Juliet not playing by the rules, beginning early and finishing late as the person refers to above. It is as if Juliet doesn’t understand.
anonymous said
July 4, 2013 @ 11:18 pm
Bob Shoudt never pointed fingers directly at Sonya or anyone else He alludes to cheating with photos without accusing a person or persons which makes him nothing more than a big whimp . He was “Notorious” for that on his website
Umm said
July 5, 2013 @ 3:47 am
Nice of BS to give a time or else. Great apology.
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
July 5, 2013 @ 6:59 am
Congratulations to Sonya for a very gutty performance. I must say that I was most impressed with Juliet. At the end, I don’t think she had room for more than one more dog and bun, though TBW also looked spent, unlike how she usually looks fairly fresh immediately afterwards. Juliet gave it all she had. Wow! Sonya was fortunate to win, and anyone with less determination and grit would not have.
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
July 5, 2013 @ 7:02 am
I read BBs Bits and Pieces and I was pleasantly surprised by his apology to Sonya, though I don’t think he really did anything that was bad enough to merit an apology, at least not to TBW, even if he could have used better taste.
Nevertheless, it takes a big man to admit in public that he might have been wrong doing something he did. That’s the side of BB that I applaud!
anonymous said
July 5, 2013 @ 7:12 am
Don’t fall for the BS BS Ms Eveans. He is just trying to hold on to whatever dignity he has left while holding on to any people (and there are very few) that may talk to him.
anonymous said
July 5, 2013 @ 7:41 am
712 must be the same psycho poster that got Miki banned from Nathans . Cant change hate
Anonymous said
July 5, 2013 @ 10:19 am
Didn’t Shoudt also decide that because he thought others were messy or cheating he would use his wife to signal him and do the same. I thought Sonya looked sick from the get go. She wasn’t herself. Juliet is as messy an eater as some used to be but became more careful after getting big deductions. In spite of the numbers yesterday, I believe Sonya was sick, Juliet was not, and of course Juliet may have won under those conditions. Sonya has been known to compete even when sick, she is a warrior bar none.
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
July 5, 2013 @ 10:49 am
I agree 10;19. I don’t know what was up, but Sonya did not look like herself before, during, or after the event. She may well have been sick, though she would never mention it in public, regardless of how she finished, unless she was practically on her death bed..
Seeing some of the comments on this board, if she were to mention it, you could rest assured that she’d be accused of grasping at excuses for her “poor” performance.
Still, I cannot get over just how well Juliet did. It’s as if she has shifted into another competitive eating gear!
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
July 5, 2013 @ 10:59 am
CNN posted a few picks of Sonya and she looks to be uncomfortable or worse: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1000272?hpt=hp_bn1
It seems amazing to me now that she didn’t just stop and concede, let alone that she stuck it out to the end. She must have been absolutely miserable.
Anonymous said
July 5, 2013 @ 11:07 am
Why is Rhonda Evans yielding to bb’s threat and apologizing on Sonya’s behalf? If Sonya cared to make good with bb, shed talk to him herself.
Anony 7/4 10:13pm: “Seiken issued an apology to Sonya .She has 48hrs to acknowledge that apology or he will go back to trashing her”
Rhonda Evans 7/5 7:02am: “I read BBs Bits and Pieces and I was pleasantly surprised by his apology to Sonya, …it takes a big man to admit in public that he might have been wrong doing something he did. That’s the side of BB that I applaud!”
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
July 5, 2013 @ 11:19 am
11:07 It has nothing to do with anyone’s perceptions but my own. (And I see no “threat.”)
I think if more people attended to potentially positive aspects of people, versus seeking out the negative, we’d all be happier.
I’m certain I’m no pioneer in this sentiment, but I guess I’m in the minority, unfortunately, in expressing it.
anonymous said
July 5, 2013 @ 11:32 am
I think Seiken has a cheap seats version of the Nathans finals coming up today. I could just imagine
anonymous said
July 5, 2013 @ 11:35 am
48hrs or else? What kind of apology is that? I wonder if he acted this way when he was 7yrs old?
Anonymous said
July 5, 2013 @ 12:41 pm
Rhonda, you have your opinion and often I agree with it. But you waffle so much on this Seiken nonsense that even this latest sounds like his own broken record. The good in people should show through their words and deeds. BS has a very long road to travel before he can become positive. He gives something and immediately takes it away with his sarcasm and disrespect. Nothing to applaud about that.
Anonymous said
July 5, 2013 @ 1:59 pm
Rhonda who has been called out repeatedly by BS for not being a real person. I guess this includes her.
Expect no life Rifkin and eatfeces to provide 30 or more googled links on the contest which any half wit with
nothing better to do on the 4th of July can accomplish. Only the few loyal retards that wont post their real names and flock to that site on an hourly basis consider his work nothing less than brilliant. My god!
anonymous said
July 5, 2013 @ 2:31 pm
So ? what is your point 159? Its obvious he;s not hiding anything if he wants to put that out on the net for everyone to see
Ummm... said
July 5, 2013 @ 4:38 pm
BS, love your BS!
Anonymous said
July 6, 2013 @ 12:53 am
If you want to see a classy post just go to Sonya’s website.