The Washington Post has an long article and gallery about Juliet Lee and her family which mentions her next competition:

Right now she is getting ready for her next major event, a meatball-eating contest in Vegas on Nov. 8. Only Lee pointedly says she is not getting ready. She doesn’t do test runs or drink stomach-stretching amounts of water or train in any way for an eating outing. “If I ever start training, they going to be really scared of me,” she says.

To which her competitors respond: “She’s lying. Everybody who’s semi-decent in this sport trains in some way,” says Tim “Gravy” Brown, a 205-pound Chicago eater ranked ninth in the world. “You can’t just show up and eat 60 hotdogs.”

The Washington Post’s 2005 article about Sonya Thomas is also available.

update Oct 13 A transcript of a Washington Post chat session with JulietLee is available.

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update #2 DallasNews also has an article and video

update NBCDFW has an article and video

From a comment by the City of Lewisville

1) Juliet Lee 48 tamales
2) Nate Biller 42
3) Bryan Beard 26
4) Brent Ricord 25

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update #5 The KSO blog has the full results

update #4 George Shea has the top 4:

1) Tim Janus 55 points
2) Juliet Lee 49 points (originally had 51 but received 2 point deduction)
3T) Nate Biller 42 points
3T) Micah “Wing Kong” Collins 42 points

The two point deduction cost Juliet Lee a wild card slot since Erik Denmark was the only other non-winner to exceed 50 points.

update #3 The top 2 are now posted on the ksquareoff twitter – Tim Janus won with 55, Juliet Lee was second with 49.

update #2 The contest is over but results have not been announced. The KSO twitter reports that there is controversy about Juliet Lee’s result.

update The contest has started.

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update #2 BeautifulBrian.com has a contest report and video

update The top 3:

1. Juliet Lee 4.33 10 inch sandwiches
2. Pat “from Moonachie” Philbin, 4
3. Micah “Wing Kong” Collins, 3.9

The IFOCE twitter reports that Juliet Lee won today’s cheesesteak contest in Brooklyn.

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A list of head to head results of Sonya Thomas vs. Juliet Lee in the eatfeats database is available after the jump. Sonya Thomas has not only never finished behind Juliet Lee, she has not lost to any other female competitor:

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According to the eatfeats database, Juliet Lee’s victory in yesterday’s clam contest was the first time in her competitive eating career she finished ahead of Tim Janus. The streak spanned 17 contests. A list of results is available after the jump:
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update #4 Ramblin and Amblin has some pictures

update #3 NewsDay has an article reporting Badlands Booker ate 8 dozen clams

update #2The top 3 from IFOCE.com
1. Juliet Lee 23 dozen
2. Tim Janus 20 dozen
3. Micah “Wing Kong” Collins 16 dozen

update The Universal Records Database reports that Juliet Lee won, Tim Janus was second.

If Sonya Thomas competed, that ends her victory streak against other women at about 6 years.

The Universal Records Database is at Pete’s Clam Bar and has started posting twitter updates.

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Screen captures from Juliet Lee’s appearance in an oyster eating contest on “Guy’s Big Night” on the Food Network Wednesday can be seen below:

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Juliet Lee’s writenow page announces that she will appear on Guy Fieri’s Big Night on the Food Network at 10 pm eastern tonight. The program will be rerun the following times over the next 2 weeks:
Wed 2/25 10:00 PM
Thu 2/26 1:00 AM
Sat 2/28 8:00 PM
Sun 3/1 3:00 AM
Sun 3/8 6:00 PM

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Juliet Lee has updated her WriteNow page which reports that she will appear in an episode of My Life in Food on the Food Network along with Pat Bertoletti and Crazy Legs Conti. The program will document their preparation for the 2008 Nathan’s finals. The expected broadcast date is January 10.

The program page on the Food Network’s website has the following description:

My Life in Food takes an intimate look at individuals whose lives have been transformed through food. From people with debilitating food phobias, to those searching for a fountain of youth through what they eat, to an entire city attempting to lose a thousand pounds, we examine the powerful force of food.

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• The meat in Denny’s Beer Barrel’s big burgers gets a bad review
• Tim Rauscheder beer drinking video
• NYC wing eating contest tonight
• Gal Sone wins a poll of the Japanese celebrity people most want to see without makeup
• A large image of the Joey Chestnut baseball card
• Picture of victorious (and wet) Juliet Lee at Nashville qualifier
• Hatsuyo “the Witch” Sugawara wins the Morioko wanko soba noodle eating contest with 383 bowls in 15 minutes

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• BeautifulBrian.com has commentary on Sonya Thomas and Juliet Lee
• BeautifulBrian.com also has a poll on who should be the IFOCE commisioner
• George and Rich Shea highlight video clips
• The Brad Sciullo article is picked up by the Associated Press
• Quinnipiac University bans on-campus eating contests, citing the death of an unnamed student competitive eater (I am unaware of any deaths in collegiate eating contests)
• Cancelled lumberjack eating contest receives bad reviews from Jill Stoler and others.
• WalletPop on how buffets trick patrons into consuming less food
• David Letterman says the format of the next presidential debate will involve competitive eating in his monologue.
  Rich LeFevre to attempt 120 ounce steak today

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Juliet Lee has updated her WriteNow page with news of her trip to New York City to compete in the Famous Famiglia pizza eating contest and record her appearance on Guy Fieri’s “Big Show” on the Food Network.

Juliet also recorded a segment for ESPN’s E:60 news magazine program, which is expected to be televised on October 21.

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• Picture of Juliet Lee at the Nashville qualifier
• Favorite KSO V pictures at Krystalist
• Kobayashi has some pictures from the Krystal Square Off on his blog
• Tomoko Miyake has posted a FAQ using questions sent by her fans (Her favorite baseball team is the Hanshin Tigers)
• Craigslist posting about Raleigh, NC wing contest Sunday

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Juliet Lee has updated her WriteNow page with a report on the Krystal finals and her piloting the boat delivering the competitors to the contest site. She does not mention the Nashville qualifier, but says she was trying to be especially neat in the finals. Juliet will record a program for the Food Network with Guy Fieri in New York City this month which will be televised in November or December.

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