Female competitive eaters category

Moria Miller won the Vegan Wing Bowl at the Abbaye in Philadelphia Saturday. (gallery)
Lizzy McDaniel won Oyster Bowl XIII in Princeton, NJ today with a total of 99 oysters in 2 minutes, denying Bill Forrest, who ate 94, a chance at a threepeat. update Dave "US Male" Goldstein has a gallery update Feb 6 The top 10 and a gallery are available.
The Duquesne student paper has an article about Amanda Corturillo winning a giant banana split eating contest held as the first Student vs. Food Challenge. It does not appear she finished the dessert according to a gallery of the contest.
DailyMail.co.uk has an article about British bodybuilder Rene Campbell, who intends to eat 4200 calories a day until she weighs 20 stone (280 pounds). Her current weight is 13.5 stone (189 pounds).
Limerick.Patch.com has an article about Rick "The Manager" Russo serving as Stephanie Torres' manager. Russo had an Angry Birds themed float and Notorious Bob Shoudt was a member of his entourage. Shoudt will appear on a segment on 6ABC tonight about Philadelphia area competitive eaters.
VanEats.ca will hold a sushi eating contest for same-gender teams on February 8. The winning male team will then face off against the winning female team at the conclusion of the event. (via Ken Wong)
Limerick.Patch.com reports that Wing Bowl competitor Rick Russo was named Mr. Patch of 2011. The article reports Russo is also Stephanie Torres' manager, which is contradicted by a commenter who says Brian Subich is serving in that capacity. (via emails)
The Atlantic City Boat Show will hold a women-only wing eating contest on February 5 awarding two round trip tickets to anywhere Spirit Air flies and a flat screen TV.
Sweeney's Pub in Marcus Hook, PA will hold a women-only Wing Bowl tomorrow.
Youtube has a video of Stephanie Torres eating the challenge burger at Woodside Bar & Grill in Johnstown, PA in 8:55. 40 minutes earlier, she ate the restaurant's spicy burger challenge.
A new twitter account has been started at @BettyDoesFood. Betty is the first woman to have eaten two Big Ugly burgers at Bub's in Carmel, IN and she also ate all 25 items available in a vending machine in another challenge.
Examiner.com has a write up of last night's episode of NY Ink in which Maria "Edible" judged a hot dog eating contest held in a tattoo parlor. update Jan 16 Maria announces that Pat Philbin has posted the clip.
Meredith Boxberger has uploaded a video of her eating the 72 ounce steak meal at the Lonestar Grill in Newmarket, ON. Her time of 29 minutes was the best for the Newmarket location.
A promo video for "America's Biggest Eater" featuring Stephanie Torres' Wing Bowl qualification stunt is available on youtube.
Meredith "Deep Fried Diva" Boxberger announces that she ate a 72 ounce steak dinner at Lonestar in 29 minutes. This might be a women's record for a 72 ounce steak meal. Carlene LeFevere set the women's record of 30 minutes at the Big Texan steak house in a Ripley's Believe it or Not program from 2000 and there appear to be no faster times next to female names in the finishers list since then. (Johanna Hickey appears to be the runner up with 32:40 in 2005).
The Wing Bowl website has a gallery of Stephanie "Chilita" Torres' successful sausage eating qualification stunt this morning. (I think this is the first successful qualification stunt by a woman since Melissa "White Widow" Perzin competed in Wing Bowl 14; Sonya Thomas received byes.) Bill "El Wingador" Simmons also announced he will compete in wing Bowl 20, which has been announced as a sell out. (via Joe LaRue email).

Women’s top 10 poll now open

The women’s top 10 poll is now open and can be voted on at http://eatfeats.com/rankings.php A list of money won by poll choices since the start of 2010 according to the eatfeats database is available after the jump:
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Alistair Overeem, tonight's opponent for Brock Lesnar in UFC 141, lost a sushi eating contest to Japanese female competitive eater Natsuko "Gal" Sone last year (video).
In the Eatocracy interview, Suzanne French says she was part of a team that finished the Carnivore Challenge at Big Pie in the Sky. An article in the Emory student newspaper mentions that a woman with plans for a television show finished the challenge. (Suzanne does not appear in the online wall of fame) Her WLOCE profile says that Suzanne also completed the Evergreen burger challenge, which was the Bust it Big burger at Cactus Jack's in Evergreen, CO according to a picture of the wall of fame by Andrew Lane.
CNN's Eatocracy blog has an interview with Suzanne "Suzilla" French about her show on Planet Green. She made her debut in competitive eating in 2009 at Corndogorama because she needed money to pay off her student loan.

A Brief History of “Suzilla”

Here is a brief history of Suzilla: The Mouth that Roars based on previous eatfeats posts

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A New York Times review of Suzilla: The Mouth that Roars says the show "works a little like sports and a little like pornography." The review mentions Suzanne French's billing as the #4 ranked competitive eater.
A new facebook fan page for Suzilla: The Mouth That Roars has been set up to replace the page that was closed. The page has a link to a short video interview of Suzanne French.
Another promo video of Suzilla has been uploaded where Suzanne French competes in a wing eating contest at D's Takeout Grill.
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