CNN has an article about Park Seo-Yeon, who is known as "The Diva" during her big meals that are streamed on Afreeca TV. She has quit her day job after receiving more than $9,000 / month in tips from her online audience, which is 60% female.
xin.msn.com has an article about Pan Yizhong, the most famous Chinese competitive eater who has the nickname "Big Stomach King". (video)
Spot.ph has a list of restaurants in Manila offering big pizzas; the largest has a diameter of 70 inches.
Bloomberg TV has a video about the Korean phenomenon of livestreaming large meals known as Mok Bang claiming that the highest paid performer receives $40,000 a month.
Vitthaya Morawong posted a picture of Joey Chestnut at Gold Curry in Bangkok, where he finished a 6kg (13.2 lb.) curry challenge in 27:30 on November 18, 2013 according to the restaurant's facebook. Joey says he intends to attempt the 10kg challenge in the future.
Kotaku has a blog entry about the curry challenges at Gold Curry in Japan (there is also a Bangkok location). The challenge meal sizes range from 2kg (4.4 lb) to 10kg (22.2 lb). The largest challenge awards 100000 Yen ($952) if finished (this is the heaviest single person eating challenge). (via @swoatt)
Melissa Koh has a blog entry about finishing a 1kg burger challenge in 14 minutes at the Meat Packing District in Singapore.
Kotaku on “Mok-Bang”
Kotaku has a report on the South Korean phenomenon of webstreamed meals known as mok-bang. The videos are transmitted on the Afreeca.com website, which has the facility for spectators to donate money to performers. The star of mok-bang is known as “The Diva” (The디바) and her monthly food bill of $3,000 is offset by revenue from her afreeca.com page. Her huge dinners generally take around two hours to complete and she chats online for several hours following her meal. (Youtube channel with videos from “The Diva). (via Oddity Central).
Simply Potatoes in Mumbai, India held the "Ultimate Potato Eating Competition" today.
Australia Network News has a report on the Nagaland Chilli Eating Competition in India. Chetie Khiamnungyan ate 18.5 peppers to win the contest. (video)
Melicacy finished the 6 patty burger challenge in 13 minutes at the Meat Packing District in Singapore to set a house record.
The South China Morning Post announces that Tomoko Miyake won a ramen contest in Hong Kong to claim a first prize of HK$50,000 (US $6448). She was the only woman in the finals; Johnny Wu tied for second. Tomoko will compete in a ramen challenge in Singapore on November 14. (video) update Nov 14 Tomoko also won the contest in Singapore (video)
Dale Boone is facing off against a Mongolian named Aagii in an eating contest at Foodies - India's Mega Food Festival in Bangalore.
Matthew, a student at an American school, ate 5 scoops in 53 seconds to win an ice cream eating contest held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
The Korean girl group Crayon Pop competed in a hot dog eating contest while wearing hats with hot dogs on them.
Ketchup, a burger restaurant chain backed by Ashton Kutcher, has opened a location in Dubai offering a 1 kg burger challenge.
The London Grill in New Delhi, India held a Big Ben Burger Challenge yesterday. (gallery)
The Times of India has an article about the "Mission ImPIZZAble" eating contest taking place today in Mangalore. The contest is being held in conjunction with the Islamic holiday of Eid which marks the end of Ramadan.
An English-language a facebook fan page about Japanese competitive eating TV programs has been set up at https://www.facebook.com/ooguijapan
New Europe reports that Al Qaeda affiliated groups held a hands free cream eating contest as part of its "Fun Day" in Aleppo, Syria (video) update July 25 More articles: Independent | Daily Mail | Washington Post | EA Worldview
Business Standard reports that Anita Chaudhary ate 1.5 kg (3.3 lbs) of mango to win a contest held at the Delhi Mango Festival.
Tonight's rerun of the Cleveland Show> on Fox at 7 pm ET/PT will be "The Wide World of the Cleveland Show" (trailer) in which Junior will compete in an eating contest in Japan.
Smithsonian Magazine has a report on the Naga King Chili Pepper eating contest held in Kisama, India which includes information about the science of spicy food. Express.co.uk also has an article about spicy food competitions.
The American University of Beirut will hold a wing eating contest on May 4.
A video of "Furious" Pete Czerwinski's trip to Japan can be viewed online. He competes in a noodle eating contest against female competitive eater Mio "Sakura" Takahashi starting at the 4 minute mark.
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