The Bert Show has a podcast of Grace Lee's on-air practice session for the Newnan, GA Nathan's qualifier this morning in which she ate 2 hot dogs in 2 minutes. A representative of the Newnan Nathan's said the qualifier is looking for female competitors, but is closed to male entrants. update a video of the practice session has been posted in which Grace says she ate 9 hot dog in 10 minutes at the end (via Andrew Lane) update May 12 A gallery of the appearance is available.

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  1. Nathan in Cali said

    May 11, 2011 @ 12:33 pm

    2HDB’s in 2minutes = 5-6 HDB’s in 10 minutes

    Larell, you really should consider buying a grey hound ticket. 🙂

  2. Try Harder said

    May 11, 2011 @ 12:56 pm

    That’s not set in stone. Some people speed up as the contest continues.

  3. Larell Marie Mele said

    May 11, 2011 @ 1:48 pm

    Lol, Nathan in Cali – tix are $300+ roundtrip and would mean 50 hrs on a bus. YIKES!!!

  4. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

    May 11, 2011 @ 1:55 pm

    Don’t you mean Grace, NIC?

  5. nunonabun2 said (Registered November 10, 2009)

    May 11, 2011 @ 2:15 pm

    I can pick you up at the airport.

  6. Cutter said (Registered November 9, 2010)

    May 11, 2011 @ 2:52 pm

    the article explains that she is a slow eater but can methodically pack it away. if this is the case and she doesn’t slow down at all after 2 hdbs then she is right about on pace for 10.

  7. Nathan in Cali said

    May 11, 2011 @ 2:57 pm

    LM,
    $300 and 50hrs on the bus for a free trip to NY, two night stay in a hotel (or is it one night) and some spending cash… seems worth it to me… or fly, Damien will pick you up at the airport, he doesn’t seem creepy at all… jk

    Try Harder,
    I wasn’t speaking in general, I was refering to Grace Lee who seems to be more worried about her make up getting messed up then she does about eating fast. I agree in some cases there are a select few eaters who start off at a decent pace and continue to maintain that pace for ten minutes (Tim Janus comes to mind in this case) and there are avery very select few who actually get stronger as the minutes pass (Koby in 09′ Krystals)…

    Generally speaking though, most start out in a fury and slow down as each minute passes.

  8. ROTFL! said

    May 11, 2011 @ 3:07 pm

    who is this chick trying to kid!

  9. Anonymous said

    May 11, 2011 @ 4:04 pm

    “That’s not set in stone. Some people speed up as the contest continues.”

    Nobody does. People catch up to people who slow down more, but nobody speeds up.

  10. nunonabun2 said (Registered November 10, 2009)

    May 11, 2011 @ 4:16 pm

    Just because i have a beard and drive a van with no windows does not make me creepy. I would say it is the staring and touching.

  11. nunonabun2 said (Registered November 10, 2009)

    May 11, 2011 @ 4:17 pm

    I think she can hit the ten mark if she pushes. Also the weather might not be a major factor like years past because of rain and it should only be about 80 that day either way.

  12. A. Nonymous said (Registered April 27, 2011)

    May 11, 2011 @ 4:34 pm

    The big question, really, is 1.) IF she is the only woman competing in Newnan, she wins, but 2.) WHEN she doesn’t hit 10 HDBs, whether IFOCE will bend the rules to send her to the finals on their dime.

  13. Larell to the rescue? said

    May 11, 2011 @ 4:47 pm

    please Larell save us from obscurity. I listened to this god awful radio shows podcast and have come to the following conclusions.
    1. Morning radio in Atlanta music really suck if these hacks who do no research have a show.
    2. Grace Lee is another example of a novice eater who has built up in her head that she is able to compete with the big timers.
    3. Larell, you NEED to go and crash this qualifier, reason being that Sonya obviously will win in AC, Juliette in Fishkill or Queens? Just don’t do salt potatoes this weekend and go down there and show this minor leaguer how you do it in the majors!

  14. Deal With It said

    May 11, 2011 @ 4:50 pm

    “That’s not set in stone. Some people speed up as the contest continues.”

    Nobody does. People catch up to people who slow down more, but nobody speeds up.

    I must be the exception then. In every contest I’ve ever participated in, my consumption rate is higher in the final five minutes than the earliest stretch. That’s not compared to the other eaters.

  15. Frontwoman said

    May 11, 2011 @ 5:07 pm

    Maybe I’m cynical but here’s how I see it. Atlanta eateries early on saw the free press and media attention gained by the likes of Sonya and Juliet. So a young asian gal, who happens to be very attractive steps up to help advance this promotion concept. Enter the Atlanta GSpots. She sets up a few contests on the internet with local celebs (non eaters) to display her eating prowess. Suddenly she’s undefeated, the best eater in Atlanta, all the while she’s holding up the food product the eatery that hired her wished to promote. But now she has placed herself in a corner with an actual contest (Nathan’s women’s qualifier) coming to her area. If she doesn’t participate everyone knows that all her talk of being top eater doesn’t add up — bad for business. Yet, if she does compete, everyone actually sees that she really is not that good and could probably get out eat by any Jane Doe with a healthy appetite — also bad for business. It’s a tough spot for her to be in.

  16. NReda said

    May 11, 2011 @ 6:06 pm

    Frontwoman has summarized the situation pretty well. There’s pretty much no way Grace Lee can come out of this with her image as an eater intact.

  17. nunonabun2 said (Registered November 10, 2009)

    May 11, 2011 @ 6:23 pm

    She could just eat 10 and she does.

  18. nunonabun2 said (Registered November 10, 2009)

    May 11, 2011 @ 6:55 pm

    why dont they have a girl scout cookie eating contest?

  19. ojrifkin said (Registered July 27, 2005)

    May 11, 2011 @ 7:52 pm

    Jamie Carpenter of Hungry Sisters from western North Carolina could be a possibility. She ate 9 hot dogs in the 2008 Myrtle Beach qualifier and has said that her goal is to qualify for the Nathan’s finals, but they have not updated their blog or twitter in 2011

    http://hungrysisters.blogspot.com/

    http://twitter.com/hungrysisters

    http://eatfeats.com/query.php?_table=eaters&id=3857

    If I had to choose one qualifier for a woman hoping to compete on July 4, I would select Pittsburgh or Cleveland. I am not aware of any notable female speed eaters from the eastern Great Lakes area. Cleveland might have a weaker field since it is on a weekday.

    I can understand the hosts not being familiar with all the contest details, but it was surprising that the Nathan’s representative (who may not have been listening the whole time) did not correct any of their errors (female 1st prize is $10,000 not $20,000 | a female qualifier does not need to beat the top man, just defeat all the women and eat 10 hot dogs | qualifiers will have their travel expenses paid so there is no need for sponsorship | Kobayashi will almost certainly not compete …)

  20. Larell Marie Mele said

    May 11, 2011 @ 8:13 pm

    Lollll, ya’ll r sooo freakn funny!!!! Damien, I wldn’t think u were a creeper 🙂 Really, they really pay for the trip to Coney??? Never knew that – BONUS!!!!! Hey Grace may just surprise all of us; ya just never know what someone’s capable of!

  21. SPBBBBMBBB said

    May 11, 2011 @ 9:54 pm

    …hmmm…possible new strategy….Super Paula Beth Boobbusting Big Boobs Barlow….Tim, can you loan me your Helen Haggerty dress??

  22. A-Bomb said (Registered May 7, 2009)

    May 11, 2011 @ 10:55 pm

    Uh, at the end of the video – she says she ate 9 HDBs in 10 minutes.

    And, puh-leaze, she’s in Coney. This is entertainment. This is business. Well-spoken. Cute. $he i$ $$$.

  23. Larell Marie Mele said

    May 12, 2011 @ 5:39 am

    What I don’t understand is at the end of Grace’s Q100 video she states she ate 9 HDBs in 10mins and is hoping to TRIPLE ????? her #s to get to CI. Y in the world would she need to eat 27 HDBs to get there???

  24. ojrifkin said (Registered July 27, 2005)

    May 12, 2011 @ 8:40 am

    Grace apparently thinks she needs to beat the top male to qualify, and the Nathan’s representative did not correct her.

  25. Everything Equal said (Registered April 28, 2011)

    May 12, 2011 @ 9:14 am

    I will also agree that any eater that has any talent whatsoever would eat more in the first half of the contest than in the secnd half. Only acception would be things like the hole turkey contest where they pulled the meat of the bird the first half then ate the second half. Still this eater would be a tableender turkey. Takaru does not speed up. Timothy does not maintain a pace he just cant eat as fast as others. They fill up faster and slow, he still has room so he doesnt slow down as muh. Video of last coupl years of nathans’ shows that he was still outeatten by Joe in each of the last three minutes.

    If you research graces gspot thing you will see what appers to be a real bussiness. I think she will qualify and will help her bussiness. Since she looks like she does I also think she will b on the nathans’ wall next year when they equall out the number of men and women

    Why would Laurel go to alanta when she lives in the northeast?

  26. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

    May 12, 2011 @ 10:47 am

    I think even I could eat hole turkey really fast … as if it weren’t even there.

  27. nunonabun2 said (Registered November 10, 2009)

    May 12, 2011 @ 11:02 am

    70% chance of rain

  28. A. Nonymous Fan said

    May 12, 2011 @ 12:04 pm

    you can tell by watching the videos this girl has no clue what she is doing, lucky to get 10, won’t even place at Coney Island if she makes it. Personally im hoping for some other woman to embarrass her this weekend.

  29. Larell Marie Mele said

    May 12, 2011 @ 12:43 pm

    OJ – o, makes sense, thx. Everything Equal – the thought behind that is that both Sonya & Juliet will be qualifying in the NE and since I can’t hold a candle to either one of them, if I wanna make Coney, it might be in my best interest to try qualifying in Atlanta instead. Rhonda – got it! Ahahahaha u crack me up 🙂

  30. nunonabun2 said (Registered November 10, 2009)

    May 12, 2011 @ 1:29 pm

    It would be interesting if your were already in Atlanta just waiting.

  31. nunonabun2 said (Registered November 10, 2009)

    May 12, 2011 @ 1:31 pm

    Hiding in my office maybe…on the set of the Three Stooges movie……at the World of Coke….hmmm.

  32. Frontwoman said

    May 12, 2011 @ 1:37 pm

    If you compare the speeded up video of Grace Lee to either Sonya or Juliet in real time, Sonya and Juliet still way out eats this girl. What a poser, like she is the first small gal to beat big men in eating contests, let alone some restaurant promotional event staged on the internet to promote all you can eat nacho night. And, regarding this radio station … hey Al Gore just called there’s this thing I invented called the internet and there’s a ton of video on it showing little ladies pounding down hotdogs. Simply because she doesn’t even mention Sonya or Juliet, I hope some bag lady who exists on 7-11 hot dogs shows up to the qualifier and kicks this girl’s egotistical butt.

  33. Nathan in Cali said

    May 12, 2011 @ 2:12 pm

    agreed w/frontwoman.

    I don’t want to make this about a sexiest post because it’s already been discussed on this board before but, here goes….

    Clearly this girl will win the qualifier if no other woman show. A. Non brings up the best question, if she doesn’t eat 10HDB’s and still wins will they send her? If so, then i think it’s really crummy that some of the men who truly bust their asses by going through the pain of training, take the sport seriously and put up a respectable number of HDB’s have to sit at home and watch while a girl like Grace who has virtually no passion for the sport other then to self promote gets a free pass.

    I truly understand that’s how it is and I can deal with it, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that it still sucks!

  34. ojrifkin said (Registered July 27, 2005)

    May 12, 2011 @ 2:22 pm

    Rich Shea implies that Larell Marie Mele will compete in the Newnan qualifier

    http://twitter.com/rpshea/status/68668528424783872

  35. nunonabun2 said (Registered November 10, 2009)

    May 12, 2011 @ 2:28 pm

    Found her hiding in my supply closet at work on the third floor. Crafty.

  36. SPBBBBMBBB said

    May 12, 2011 @ 3:29 pm

    dang!! so much for my showing up in drag idea…now they really need a senior division – maybe with pre-chewed hot dogs

  37. Nathan in Cali said

    May 12, 2011 @ 3:32 pm

    and the plot thickens.

    Kick ass LM!

  38. Larell Marie Mele said

    May 12, 2011 @ 3:39 pm

    Nunonabun2 – lolllll, guess I can come out of the closet now? 🙂

  39. Ronny said

    May 12, 2011 @ 3:49 pm

    I am not sexist too but I do want to make this about the sexiest post. Actually, I think I just read the least sexiest post:

    SPBBBBMBBB said
    May 12, 2011 @ 3:29 pm

    dang!! so much for my showing up in drag idea…now they really need a senior division – maybe with pre-chewed hot dogs

    I know, I know Nathan in Cali, it was typo. Just kidding. You too Super Paul.

  40. Larell Marie Mele said

    May 12, 2011 @ 3:57 pm

    Hey, Nunonabun2, I just FB friended you; may need u as back-up!!!

  41. A. Nonymous said (Registered April 27, 2011)

    May 12, 2011 @ 4:19 pm

    If Larell is truly going to Newnan (here’s hoping!), that still leaves Grace Lee as the first women’s wild card – no matter how poorly she does. Unless more women start showing up for the qualifiers, she may end up at Coney Island anyway. And to quote Nathan in Cali, THAT sucks!

  42. ojrifkin said (Registered July 27, 2005)

    May 12, 2011 @ 4:24 pm

    I haven’t seen any information about a women’s wild card being awarded.

  43. nunonabun2 said (Registered November 10, 2009)

    May 12, 2011 @ 4:30 pm

    i got you covered.

  44. nunonabun2 said (Registered November 10, 2009)

    May 12, 2011 @ 4:31 pm

    No matter what I hope there is a good contest and no one gets killed. Bowling after the contest still either way, and ice cream.

  45. Nathan in Cali said

    May 12, 2011 @ 4:35 pm

    ojrifkin said (Registered July 27, 2005)

    May 12, 2011 @ 4:24 pm

    I haven’t seen any information about a women’s wild card being awarded.

    ————-

    thanks oj, it’s like you took the thought out of my head and posted the answer.

    If Grace does happen to come in second next to LM, my GUESS (notice how I cap locked the word “guess”) is that she would at least need to have eaten over 10 HDB’s to be even considered for a wild card. Unless of coarse MLE didn’t get as many women to qualify as they hoped for the final table and just started handing out wild cards to as many spots as they need to fill the table regardless of how many HDB’s were consumed at their qualifier…

  46. Larell Marie Mele said

    May 12, 2011 @ 8:53 pm

    Nunonabun2 – thx, I just FB’d u my cell # so u cld text me urs. Really appreciate it. Ok, I’ve never really understood how the WIldCard works. Let’s just pretend for the moment that there is a woman’s wildcard, if a woman comes in 2nd at a qualifier, that automatically gives her a wildcard? So that means for every qualifier there’s a winner and a wildcard? I’m not understanding. Anyone???

  47. A. Nonymous said (Registered April 27, 2011)

    May 12, 2011 @ 10:21 pm

    Larell – if there is a women’s wild card (OJ is correct – I haven’t seen mention of it either), it would work like the men’s wild card. There is only one – whoever has the highest HDB total, who hasn’t won a qualifier, gets the (single) wild card seat at the finals. Right now, Adrian Morgan holds the wild card for the men; as there has only been one (was there a second woman at Vegas?) female competitor, and she “won” her seat, there is no female wild card right now. If there even is a women’s wild card.

  48. Larellmarie said (Registered May 9, 2010)

    May 12, 2011 @ 10:50 pm

    A. Anonymous – ah, gotcha. So its just really speculation that Grace would be an auto wild card if I ate more. It cld go to any female who came in 2nd woman at any qualifier, that is if the woman’s division even winds up with one. Thx 4 explaining.

  49. Anonymous said

    May 13, 2011 @ 1:05 am

    No, guys. You still don’t get it. There will be ten wild cards if MLE wants to see more women in the finals. There are no rules. Okay?

  50. Fail said

    May 16, 2011 @ 12:26 pm

    EPIC FAILURE!

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