2017 Women’s Nathan’s Finals
Full results: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Meghan Drake did not compete. Daniella Gioia’s total was not given
| 1st | 41 | Miki Sudo | personal best |
| 2nd | 32 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | personal best, non-Asian women’s record (Schuler 31) |
| 3rd | 30 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas | |
| 4th | 25 | “The Lovely” Juliet Lee | |
| 5th | 18 | Sophia Devita | |
| 6th | 17 | Meredith Boxberger | |
| 7th | 15 | Sarah “Unstoppable Bab” Reinecke | |
| 8th | 14 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
| 9th | 13 | Kassandra Zapata | |
| 10th | 12 | Carlene LeFevre | |
| 11th | ? | Daniella Gioia | |
| 12th | 8 | Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers | |
| 12th | 8 | Liz McClurg | |
| 12th | 8 | Rene Rovtar | |
| 12th | 8 | Marlene Wigginton | |
| 16th | 7.75 | Stevie “Eats a Lot” Palmer | |
| 17th | 6 | Deborah Bethea | |
| 17th | 6 | Danielle Leppert-Simenauer |
ESPN could have truncated Sportscenter to televise the women’s contest or put it on in place of a rerun of the 2016 men’s contest on ESPN Classic.
2017 Acme Oysters
updateInterview with Crazy Legs before contest. He says he will not try to qualify for the 2017 Nathan’s finals.
NOLA.com has an article and video and gallery
WGNO.com has an article and video
1) Michelle Lesco 33 dozen
2) Sonya Thomas 31 dozen
3) Adrian Morgan 27 dozen
? Crazy Legs Conti
? Nate Biller
? Steve Martin
2017 Las Vegas Nathan’s qualifier
update Apr 29 Full contest video
update Apr 25 The Las Vegas Sun has a gallery
update Apr 23 Las Vegas Review Journal has a contest writeup reporting Rich LeFevre reversed after the contest
Results
1) Rich LeFevre 30
2) Ryan Biuko 15
3) Doug Ecks 12.5
4) Brian Hochheim 9
1W) Michelle Lesco 29, personal best
If these are all the competitors, 5 might be an all time low for a qualifier field size
Fox5 had a promo contest yesterday
Previous winners of the Las Vegas qualifier
Advice from female competitive eaters in broadly.vice.com
Broadly.vice.com has advice from Kate Ovens, Michelle Lesco, Nela Zisser and Miki Sudo on how to maximize consumption at Christmas dinners.
Dress for the occasion. Remember, it’s competitive eating, not competitive prettiness. Wear loose fitting pants and something with high elasticity. My midsection is always covered by something pretty baggy. (Miki Sudo)
Paste Magazine has an interview with Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco about her victory at the Hillsborough Oyster Festival in Northern Ireland where she ended Colin Shirlow's decade long streak. update Sept 29 Tuscon.com also has an article.
Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco ate a XXXXL burger, fries and a milkshake in 3:30 to set the house record at Kua 'Ania in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco won today's eating contest at the Hillsborough Oyster Festival in Northern Ireland, ending Colin Shirlow's streak.
Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco discusses pie eating contests on KCRW's Good Food podcast.
Adrian Morgan and Michelle Lesco are expected to compete in the World Oyster Eating Championship in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland on September 3.
The Tucson Homeskillet has an interview with Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco. Her advice to wannabe competitive eaters: "Don't". She will return to Northern Ireland in September for the Hillsborough Oyster Festival.
Tucson Foodie has an article about Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco containing a video of a training session for the Hooters wing contest where she ate 150 wings.
2016 Nathan’s Las Vegas qualifier
update Apr 26 Las Vegas Sun has a report listing Michelle Lesco’s hometown as Las Vegas.
update Review Journal has an article KTNV has a video
Official results part 1 | part 2
Men
1) Rich LeFevre 30
2) Erik Denmark 29.75, takes wild card lead, Thinks contest should have gone to overtime
3) Steve Hendry 27
4) Josh Miller 24.5
5) Justin Mih 20
6T) Adam Brickman 9
6T) Erick Wyrowski 9
8) Adrian Padilla 6
Women
1) Michelle Lesco 28
2) Carlene LeFevre 12.5, takes wild card lead
3) Lesley Ryder 6.5
DQ) Barbara LaBarge
Rich LeFevre and Barbara LaBarge appeared on KTNV yesterday.
Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco and Steve Hendry are the guests on the latest Fink Beats the Stomach podcast. The interviews start around the 18 minute mark.
WOW247 has interviews with Matt Stonie, Tim Janus, Miki Sudo and Michelle Lesco about what it takes to be a champion eater.
Colin Shirlow ate a contest record 235 oysters to extend his winning streak at the Hillsborough Oyster Festival in Northern Ireland and defeat Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco. update Sept 7 Demotix gallery
Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco will attempt to break the MLE losing streak in tomorrow's oyster eating contest in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland.
Tucson.com has an article about Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco's training session for the Hooters Worldwide Wing Eating Championship. She hopes to eat 150 wings in 10 minutes tonight. update The official total was 6 pounds or 164 wings.
TheDodo.com has a report on the animal rights protest after the conclusion of the men's Nathan's finals claiming that Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco and Tim "Eater X" Janus shoved some of the activists and took their signs.
KGUN9 has an article and video about Michelle "Cardbaord Shell" Lesco.
Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco describes her training regimen in an article in Muscle and Fitness.
2015 Chicago Ribmania
update Jun 16 Val Bromann has a contest report
Northcenterchamber contest video
updated Jun 15 Protestors jumped on stage mid-contest and were pushed off by some of the competitors. (via Juan Rodriguuez).
1) Michelle Lesco 3.2, first non-qualifier win
2) Miki Sudo 2.9, ends 2 contest Ribmania streak
3) Juan Rodriguez 2.26
4) Erik Denmark 1.9
5) Nate Biller 1.6
6) Crazy Legs Conti 1.5
7) Paul Zwiercan 1.2, amateur qualifer winner
8) Val Bromann 1, walked on after Jeff Buter did not show
Val Bromann reports that Michelle Lesco won the contest.
The event website has a list of competitors. Jeff Butler will compete in his first contest of 2015.
Previous Winners
| 2014 Jun 6 | 1st | 4.8 | 8 min | Miki Sudo | Ribfest Chicago’s RIBMANIA Eating Championship | Chicago, IL |
| 2013 Jun 7 | 1st | 2.9 | 6 min | Miki Sudo | Ribfest Chicago’s RIBMANIA Eating Championship | Chicago, IL |
| 2012 Jun 8 | 1st | 7.8 | 8 min | Tim “Gravy” Brown | Ribfest Chicago’s RIBMANIA Eating Championship | Chicago, IL |
| 2011 Jun 10 | 1st | 5.24 | 8 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Rib Eating Contest | Chicago, IL |
| 2010 Jun 11 | 1st | 4.26 | 8 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Rib Eating Contest | Chicago, IL |
Entertainer Mag has an article about Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco. She will be competing in the West Virginia pepperoni eating contest on May 23 and the Denver burrito contest the following day. (via Cardboard Shell facebook)
2015 NYNY Casino Nathan’s qualfiier
update Apr 29 jmanr78 has a contest video
update Apr 26 Review Journal has a gallery
NYNY Casino has a press release about the contest
Results Part 1 | Part 2
1) Matt Stonie 48
2) Steve Hendry 27 – current wild card #2 (Dave Wood #1)
3) Rich LeFevre 26 – current wild card #3
4) Pablo Martinez 19
5T) Zack Frank 9
5T) Adrian Padilla 9
7) Brian Chung 8
8) Magnificent Ben 7
1W) Michelle Lesco 27.25
2W) Carlene LeFevre 14, women’s wild card leader
Crazy Legs Conti wrote a preview of the qualifier for the Huffington Post
The field appears to include Matt Stonie, Michelle Lesco, the LeFevres, Steve Hendry and Pablo Martinez. Joey Chestnut is present as a spectator.
Records in danger in tomorrow’s Las Vegas qualifier?
Matt Stonie has posted a video of a training session where he ate 59 hot dogs. If he can match that in tomorrow’s Nathan’s qualifier in Vegas, he would have a chance at breaking the all time qualifier of 59.5 hot dogs (in 12 minutes) set by Joey Chestnut in 2007. The high temperature tomorrow is predicted to be 73 with a chance of rain, which should facilitate high numbers.
| 2007 Jun 2 | 1st | 59.5 | 12 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier | Tempe, AZ |
| 2014 Jun 21 | 1st | 53 | 10 min | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men | Boston, MA |
| 2006 May 18 | 1st | 50 | 12 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier | Las Vegas, NV |
| 2009 May 16 | 1st | 50 | 10 min | Tim “Eater X” Janus | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier | East Hartford, CT |
| 2013 Jun 29 | 1st | 50 | 10 min | Tim “Eater X” Janus | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men | Queens, NY |
In a recent Fink Beats the Stomach podcast, Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco said she hoped to hit 35 hot dogs. This would be the all time non-Asian women’s Nathan’s record, which is still held by Molly Schuyler.
| 2013 Jun 2 | 1st | 31 | 10 min | Molly Schuyler | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – women | St. Paul, MN |
| 2011 Jul 4 | 3rd | 28.5 | 10 min | Stephanie “Xanadu” Torres | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – women | Brooklyn, NY |
| 2014 May 31 | 1st | 28.5 | 10 min | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – women | Bloomingdale, IL |
| 2013 Jul 4 | 3rd | 27.5 | 10 min | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – women | Brooklyn, NY |
| 2014 Jul 4 | 3rd | 27 | 10 min | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – women | Brooklyn, NY |
| 2013 Jul 4 | 4th | 26 | 10 min | Meredith Boxberger | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – women | Brooklyn, NY |
| 2012 Jul 4 | 3rd | 25.5 | 10 min | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – women | Brooklyn, NY |
| 2005 Jul 4 | 7th | 25 | 12 min | Carlene LeFevre | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest | Brooklyn, NY |
Tuscon.com has an interview with Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco about competing in tomorrow's Native Grill & Wings World Wing Eating Championship.at the Arizona Sports Fan Expo in Scottsdale tomorrow.
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