Sonya Thomas defeats Joey Chestnut in Buffalo Wing Festival Championship
update Sept 14 Salon.com article about Teresa Guido winning the bobbing for wings contest (via Stephanie Wu).
update Sept 6 WNYMedia has a video clip about the contest.
Yahoo News has over 400 comments to the AP article about the contest.
Buffalo News reports that Susan Borthwick won Saturday’s amateur wing eating contest.
update #2 WKBW has an article and video
Buffalo News has a video
Joe Cascio has a gallery and a picture of the result announcement. (You would never know that Sonya had just eaten almost 5 pounds looking at the picture.)
WNYMedia has an interview with Joey Chestnut before the contest
update WIVB has a short article
SonyaTheBlackWidow has been updated with a contest report
4:16 Results announced
1) Sonya Thomas 4.86 pounds, record for 12 minute contest
2) Joey Chestnut 4.55
3) Bryan Beard 2.89
4) Eric “Badlands” Booker 2.84
4:04 The contest is over
3:52 The contest starts
3:46 Sonya walks through the crowd to enter the stage
The contest should start at 3:30 and can be viewed online.
SkunkPost has a video interview with Joey Chestnut.
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Wrecking Ball said (Registered May 6, 2010)
September 5, 2010 @ 4:28 pm
That was an awesome competition to watch!!
WOW said
September 5, 2010 @ 4:43 pm
Today Sonya is the #1 eater in the world. Maybe not next week. Maybe not a month from now. But for today, a woman, Sonya Thomas, is the best competitive eater in the world. What a victory!!
Mega Munch said
September 5, 2010 @ 5:11 pm
Wow. The Black Widow is back! I’m happy to see that. When was the last time Sonya beat Joey?
Anonymous said
September 5, 2010 @ 5:28 pm
She never seems to go away.
Anonymous said
September 5, 2010 @ 5:55 pm
The way she’s going she could probably give Gal Sone a run for her money.
soundque.com said
September 5, 2010 @ 6:17 pm
Rebroadcast will be available on Tuesday!!
Anonymous said
September 5, 2010 @ 6:18 pm
I loved that it was available for all of us to watch live. What a great contest! Congrats to all of the winners!
Anonymous said
September 5, 2010 @ 7:14 pm
soundque.com said
September 5, 2010 @ 6:17 pm
Rebroadcast will be available on Tuesday!!
SWWEEET!
Don’t edit too much – we loved the down time as well!
Anonymous said
September 5, 2010 @ 7:16 pm
Bullshit! There was something wrong with the judging. Just like all of the other years at this contest.
Anonymous said
September 5, 2010 @ 7:27 pm
Joey and Sonya are two fantastic warriors!
Matt "Mega Toad" Stonie said (Registered June 22, 2010)
September 5, 2010 @ 7:48 pm
^^^^^
wtf are you talking about…. is joey not physically capable of losing?
geez give sonya credit….
Anonymous said
September 5, 2010 @ 8:04 pm
Right. I guess the oyster contests are all set ups too. Damned judges.
Anonymous said
September 5, 2010 @ 8:12 pm
Dang! She ate more wings after the contest.
http://fredericksburg.com/News/apmethods/apstory?urlfeed=WFA/content/AP%20Virginia%20State%20News%20-%20No%20Weather/26f1dfd7ec7e4e89b4652577d13c9431-75d761f17ed74e51acf40abf76a6eda7-entry.xml
We know black widow said
September 5, 2010 @ 8:31 pm
If she lost she would have darted out of the stadium in a huff on the next plane back to VA
anonymous said
September 5, 2010 @ 8:35 pm
Joey puts up better numbers at wingbowl because the wings are honey mustard tasting much better than the over fried treebranches they serve in Buffalo. Sonya is oblivious to any kind of taste and is used to eating that garbage .
Anonymous said
September 5, 2010 @ 8:39 pm
I thought big sey was an easy winner. He was much faster than sonya n chestnut.
Anonymous said
September 5, 2010 @ 10:01 pm
She lost to Bertoletti yesterday and was all smiles afterwards 831 so take that turd out of your pocket and stop saying we.
Anonymous said
September 5, 2010 @ 10:55 pm
Joey allowed her to win. He owns her!
NReda said
September 5, 2010 @ 11:23 pm
Hats off to Sonya. This is a huge win, but a surprise to many. Maybe Rhonda Evans was right a few threads back, when she suggested that Sonya is written off too easily.
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
September 7, 2010 @ 7:59 am
Sonya you kicked it! Congratulations to you. You were on fire!
Joey did a heck of a job also. He can’t win each and every contest, nobody can, and it’s unfair to expect that of him. People sometimes harrass him when he doesn’t win, only because he wins so much, and people become jealous.
Joey also exhibited outstanding sportsmanship after the contest, and was quick to give Sonya credit.
Unfortunately you’re probably right NReda, in that people are quick to write Sonya off in many contests. Actually, I write her off too (against defeating Joey and Pat) when she’s in contests in which hand speed is not a major attribute in determining the winner, or when jaw strength is a critical factor, as she’s disadvantaged with a smaller mouth and weaker jaw muscles.
When it comes to wings (unless they’re extremely tough) HB eggs, seafood, and sushi—-I suspect—- however, Sonya is, as Joey said, “an animal!”
Crazy Legs Mom said (Registered February 16, 2006)
September 7, 2010 @ 11:43 am
SONYA!
She is woman, hear her roar
In numbers too big to ignore……….
Sonya, still and always my favorite competitive eater, Congratulations from CLC’s Mum.
Anonymous said
September 8, 2010 @ 8:52 pm
Rebroadcast of SATURDAY’s contests (Pepto Bismol & Buffet Bowl) as well as Badlands Bookers concert are now available!
😀
http://www.soundque.com/bcast/buffalo/wingfest.html
WingDing said
September 8, 2010 @ 10:52 pm
Where are the rest of the results from the wing competition?!?