Nela Zisser is not the only big eating model. Julia Datt has set up thismodeleatsalot.com to document her large meals in India and Australia. Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
A casting call has been placed by a Japanese program (probably "Battle of the Big Eaters 3") for UK competitive eaters to face off in a qualifier in July or August in London. Four competitors will be chosen to compete in the USA.
It has been one year since Yuuka Kinoshita started her youtube channel on May 21, 2014. During that time she has acquired over 263,000 subscribers and 45 million views, by far the highest totals for a female competitive eater. Her most watched video is an attempt to eat 100 McDonald's burgers (she manages to eat 62).
This weekend's episode of India's Got Talent will have a grass eating contest between a man and a bull.
Whatson.ae has a list of Abu Dhabi eating challenges including Hwy 55's 55 ounce burger eating challenge.
WLOCE3 has a video of yesterday's burger eating contest Bangalore, India won by Dale Boone.
The Korean American Journal cancelled a May 2007 cover story about Sonya Thomas after the massacre at Virgina Tech according to a former editors roundtable.
Takeru Kobayashi faced off against Matsuko Deluxe, a transvestite with a listed weight of over 300 pounds on the Japanese network TBS earlier this week. The program includes clips from Kobayashi's Japanese and American competitive eating careers. The commercial he filmed with Sonya Thomas appears at minute 29 and Pat Bertoletti and Ed "Cookie" Jarvis make cameos at minute 33. The show concludes with a Food Battle Club style eating contest.
In Matt Stonie's latest video, he eats 7,000 calories in honor of boxer Manny Pacquiao's daily training diet.
Vice.com produced a video of Japanese YouTube star Megwin eating spicy and disgusting food items.
NPR has an article about the Korean phenomenon of mukbang focusing on Rachel "Aebong-ee" Ahn, who reportedly received $200 in tips during 30 minutes of a session where she ate a big meal that was streamed online.
The 2015 edition of TV Tokyo's "Gluttonous Queen" competition will be televised on March 29. Natsuko "Gal" Sone will face Hatsuyo "The Witch" Sugawara and Angela Sato.
Munchies.Vice.com has a video about Mukbang (also known as Mokbang) the phenomenon where South Koreans eat big meals that are streamed online.
The owner of AFatGirlsFoodGuide.com competed in a 50 cm hot dog eating contest in Itaewon, Korea. Her time of 2:54 resulted in a runner-up finish. update Feb 6 A blog entry and video are available
A burger eating contest will be held in Kathmandu, Nepal. Entrants will need to eat 1 kg burger in under 5 minutes between February 1 and February 24 to qualify.
AllKPop.com has a post about Yura of the k-pop group Girl's Day finishing a spicy pasta challenge.
The South China Morning Post has a list of five Hong Kong eating and drinking challenges.
DNA India has a list of Mumbai eating challenges.
Leah Shutkever finished the burger challenge in 7 minutes at Stacked Samui in Bophut, Thailand to set a house record.
Team Japan reportedly defeated Team USA in a in a tag team Mexican Chicken Steak eating contest in Battle of the Big Eaters 2. update A playlist of videos from the program is available (via Molly Schuyler facebook) update Jan 9 A playlist of the entire program is now available (via Rhys Hocking)
The Asahi Shimbun has a long profile of Takeru Kobayashi, who says he would like to continue his competitive eating career for another decade.
TV Tokyo has produced a commercial about Battle of the Big Eaters 2, which will be televised tomorrow.
TV Tokyo has a web page about Battle of the Big Eaters with pictures of the 4 person teams from the USA, Japan, China and Australia that faced off in Los Angeles last month. Molly Schuyler and Natsuko "Gal" Sone receive top billing. The program will be televised on January 1.
AFP has an article about Pan Yizhong, who ate 160 eggs (150 quail and 10 chicken) in Beijing to celebrate Christmas. He selected eggs since the Chinese word for Christmas Shengdanjie, has a character that sounds like the Chinese term for "egg".