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Sonya Thomas four-peats French Quarter Festival Crawfish contest
update April 15 Crazy Legs Conti placed 5th. Fourth place has yet to be officially announced, but was probably Corey Fanguy
Rake & Herald has a weekend contest report Bayou 95.7 has a podcast of an interview with Corey Fanguy and WDSU has a video of the media contest
Pro Results
1) Sonya Thomas 2.2 lb meat
2) Adrian Morgan 2 lb meat
3) Nate Biller 1.9
4) ??
5) Crazy Legs Conti ?
Media contest results
1) Joshua Clark .9 lb in 5 minutes
2) Fletcher Mackel .85
3) James Karst .7
Houma Today has an article about Corey Fanguy
Sonya Thomas and Adrian Morgan are expected to compete in tomorrow's crawfish eating contest at the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans.
Katherine Michelle announces Sonya Thomas won the Hooters qualifier in Augusta, GA by 40 wings and an unnamed competitior was DQed for reversing. The top 6: 1) Sonya Thomas 140 2) Badlands Booker 104 3) Damien Boykin 88 4) Bryan "Big Sexy" Beard (retired after contest) 76 5) Jason Cook 72 6) Don Potts 70
Sonya Thomas is expected to compete in tomorrow's Hooters wing qualifier in Augusta, GA.
The Foodabluza facebook announces that Pat Bertoletti and Sonya Thomas will be competing at its eating contests on April 26 and 27 in Altmore, AL and will pay $10,000 to a competitor that defeats them (There is no information about who is eligible to receive the bonus). The festival will also hold oyster and taco contests for amateurs on those days awarding $750 ($500 to the winner).
SBYNews has a blog entry about the wing eating contest at Pork in the Park BBQ Festival in Salisbury, MD on April 21 saying Joey Chestnut and Sonya Thomas are expected to compete.
A picture of Sonya Thomas after winning the 2011 women's Nathan's finals is mentioned in a New York Times article about the "Asian Roots / American Soil" photo exhibition.
The official youtube page for the Ricki Lake Show has posted a video of Sonya Thomas' appearance where she attempted to break a hard-boiled egg eating record.
Youtube has a promo video for Sonya Thomas' appearance on The Ricki Lake Show tomorrow where she will try to break her record of 12 hard boiled eggs in under a minute. update Brian Seiken has uploaded a video of the appearance.
Fox Business has an interview with Mark Bucher of BGR The Burger Joint where he claims a woman from Arlington, VA finished the nine pound burger challenge in 42 minutes.
BlueBirdMedia has produced a video of the World Oyster Eating Championship held at the Hillsborough Oyster Festival in Northern Ireland where Colin Shirlow continued his streak, defeating Sonya Thomas 233 oysters (in 3 minutes) to 208.
Colin Shirlow defeats Sonya Thomas, maintains Hillsborough Oyster Festival streak
Sonya Thomas and Colin Shirlow will compete in the oyster eating contest at the Hillsborough Oyster Festival in Northern Ireland will start at 3pm Ireland time (10 am US Eastern). RakeandHerald.tv has a preview of the contest. update Amanda Poole reports Colin Shirlow defended his title with a record tying total of 233 oyters in 3 minutes.
update Sept 9 The Rake & Herald has a contest report listing Sonya’s total at 208.
update Sept 10 The Belfast Telegraph has an article and gallery
update Sept 11 The BBC has an article with pictures
The BBC has a preview of Saturday's eating contest at the Hillsborough Oyster Festival in Northern Ireland, where Sonya Thomas will seek to avenge a 2008 loss where she was defeated by defending champion Colin Shirlow 230 oysters to 191 in a three minute competition. The article incorrectly states Sonya Thomas' previous contest in Northern Ireland was held three years ago; it took place in 2008. The article also lists Sonya Thomas as a resident of New York who is looking to "take the trophy back to Coney Island".
The Buffalo News has a list of seven tips for competitive eaters from Sonya Thomas.
The Belfast Telegraph reports that Sonya Thomas will be competing in the World Oyster Eating Championship in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland on September 8. Defending champion Colin Shirlow defeated Sonya Thomas in 2008.
Sonya Thomas wins Akron Hamburger Festival contest
update Aug 26 Robert Kline has a video of the contest.
update Aug 23 The festival facebook and cleplusfreelancers have galleries
Bill Myers has entered full results into the database
George Shea has the top 3 in the US Hamburger Eating Championship at the Hamburger Festival in Akron:
1) Sonya Thomas 16
2) Eric “Badlands” Booker 14.5
3) Yasir Salem 11
A press release announces that Sonya Thomas, Eric "Badlands" Booker and George Shea will be inducted into the Buffalo Wing "Hall of Flame" on August 31.
America's Test Kitchen has a podcast with a segment about competitive eating containing interviews with Crazy Legs Conti and Sonya Thomas (interviews are in segment #2).
The Cleveland Scene has an interview has an interview with Sonya Thomas about competing at the National Hamburger Festival in Akron on Sunday.
Sonya Thomas is expected to compete at the National Hamburger Festival in Akron, OH on August 19. (via Badlands Booker)
Northern Virginia Magazine on Sonya Thomas
Northern Virginia Magazine has the most in-depth article about Sonya Thomas seen in quite some time (via Washington Post State of NoVa blog) Some observations from the article:
- Sonya declines discussion about a possible marriage to a Mr. Thomas.
- She says that she has to pay her own travel expenses including a trip to New York City for the Nathan’s finals in 2011 which consumed most of her $10,000 prize. (Travel expenses for finalists are supposedly paid by Nathan’s)
- The Jacksonville, AR Wing Ding is listed as a possible future contest site, but the entire festival was cancelled.
- The article includes a behind the scenes look at Ben’s Chili Bowl contest held in October
Sonya Thomas wins 2012 Women’s Nathan’s finals
update July 5 Juliet Lee’s official total is 33
update 12:20 The AP has a short article
update 11:50 Full Results Part 1 | Part 2
1) Sonya Thomas 45 HDB, women’s record
2) Juliet Lee 43, 33 personal best, second woman to hit 40+
3) Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco 25.5, personal best, fifth woman to hit 25+
4) Meredith Boxberger 21.5 probable Canadian record
5) Larell Marie Mele, 21.25 personal best
6) Marie “Edible” 18.5
7) Nicole Anderson 16 (via Nathan’s Famous Canada)
8) Dee Martin 9.5
9) Neslie Ricasa 9
10) Mary Bowers 8.5
11) Theresa Subich 7
12) Mia Davekos 6
13) Molly Nemunaitis 5.5
14) Janice Deregla 3
No-show: Heather Osthoff
update 11:45> The preliminary totals are Sonya Thomas 45, Juliet Lee 41. Both values are personal bests.
update 11:42 Sonya Thomas has surpassed her record of 41
Irving DeJohn of the NY Daily News is live-tweeting from the contest site
Direct link for ESPN3 viewing
Last minute coverage for Nathan’s womens competitors
- Times-Georgian article about Dee Martin
- Mary Bowers podcast
- Short article about Meredith Boxberger
- Zap2It blog entry about Sonya Thomas
The appearance of Joey Chestnut and Sonya Thomas on MyFoxNY this morning can be viewed online.
Biography.com has an interview with Sonya Thomas, who says her goal tomorrow is 45 hot dogs.
The Miami New Times has an article about Sonya Thomas' wing eating exhibition at the Hooters qualifier at the Fontainebleu Hotel tomorrow night.
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