2026 Nathan’s Famous womens finals
Here are the results from MLE’s Instagram story
| 1st | 38.75 | Miki Sudo | post contest boost of 6 appeared to put her above the gambling over/under line |
| 2nd | 22 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | first contest since July 4, 2025 |
| 3rd | 21.5 | Domenica “Dee Street Eats” Dee | |
| 4th | 17 | Tandra Childress | |
| 5th | 16.75 | Semora Kludy | |
| 6th | 13.25 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
| 7th | 11 | Katie Prettyman | |
| 8th | 10.5 | Lainey Eaton | |
| 9th | 9 | Lauren Page-Fraunfelter | |
| 10th | 7.5 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown | |
| 11th | 6.5 | Camille O’Brien | |
| 11th | 6.5 | Rene Rovtar |
update Miki Sudo appears to have defended her title. The last announced counts were 32 for Sudo, 21 for Michelle Lesco.
Live Walking NYC has started streaming from Coney Island and plans to show the Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contests. The women’s division is expected to start at 10:45 am Eastern.
Giant BBQ Battle hot dog exhibition
Results from yesterday’s Nathan’s Famous hot dog exhibition at the Giant BBQ Battle in Washington, DC
33 combined total of Badlands Booker, Crazy Legs Conti and Ronnie Hartman
28 Miki Sudo
Is this the worst promoted event in Major League Eating history? It is not even on the contest calendar.
The schedule (Kingsford stage) for the Giant BBQ Battle in Washington, DC claims that Miki Sudo will be competing in a Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest on June 27. Nathan's qualifiers have been held at the event from 2022 to 2025, but no competition is listed on the MLE schedule.
WFLA reports that Miki Sudo graduated from Hillsborough College with a dental hygiene degree. She plans to continue her competitive eating career.
GuinnessWorldRecords.com has a post about James Webb and Miki Sudo setting a new world record of 9 tacos in a minute before last month's taco eating contest at Taco Cabana in San Antonio.
The San Antonio Report has an interview with Miki Sudo about competing in the Taco Cabana World Taco Eating Championship tomorrow. James Webb and Geoff Esper are also expected to compete.
2025 Nathan’s Famous women’s finals
ESPN has the contest coverage on youtube
USA Today has an article about the disqualification of Madison Barone
| 1st | 33 | Miki Sudo | 11th women’s victory |
| 2nd | 22.75 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 3rd | 21.5 | Domenica “Dee Street Eats” Dee | |
| 4th | 16 | Tandra Childress | |
| 5th | 13.125 | Katie Prettyman | |
| 6th | 13 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
| 7th | 10 | Kelly Lewis | |
| 8th | 9 | Jocelyn Young | |
| 9th | 7.25 | Laura Beitel | |
| 9th | 7.25 | Isabeau Pearl Prettyman | |
| 11th | 6.5 | Camille O’Brien | |
| 12th | 6 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown |
Live Walking NYC has started a live video from Coney Island
Dutchmazz also plans to do a live video
George Shea, Badlands Booker, Crazy Legs Conti and Miki Sudo appeared on CUNY-TV's "A Slice of New York" program to discuss Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest.
Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry will compete in a Cuban sandwich eating contest at cigar manufacturer J.C. Newman's Founder's Day celebration in Tampa on May 3.
Miki Sudo's and Nick Wehry's eating benchmarks appear in Guinness' list of record-breaking couples.
Business Insider has a mini-documentary about Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry's preparation for Norm's hotcake eating contest held in Las Vegas in November.
Tampa resident Miki Sudo, billed as an Upper East Side native, is included in a New York Post list of New Yorkers who broke a Guinness record in 2024. Her total of 51.5 hot dogs on July 4 was the all time best for a woman in Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest.
A 2013 episode of "Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy" in which Larry MCs a Quadruple Bypass Burger eating contest at the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas will be rerun Saturday on The Nest network at 4pm Eastern. Miki Sudo was one of the competitors.
Miki Sudo will be competing in a pink donut eating contest during halftime of tonight's UNLV college football game in Las Vegas to raise awareness for breast cancer. (Cofield & Co interview) update Miki Sudo missed the contest with no explanation. Brobible has a post about her absence.
Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry will appear at the VooDoo Burger Bash at Ybor City in Tampa on August 3.
Miki Sudo sets Nathan’s Famous women’s record
| 1st | 51 | Miki Sudo | new Nathan’s womens record |
| 2nd | 37 | Mayoi Ebihara | Japanese women’s record |
| 3rd | 23.5 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 4th | 14.5 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
| 5th | 13 | Tandra Childress | |
| 6th | 12 | Katie Prettyman | |
| 7th | 8.75 | Jocelyn Young | |
| 8th | 8 | Rubianne Garcia | |
| 9th | 7.4 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown | |
| 10th | 7.25 | Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers | |
| 11th | 7 | Crystal Ocampo | |
| 12th | 6 | Ellen Straub | |
| 13th | 5.5 | Elizabeth Salgado | |
| 14th | 5.25 | Julie Goldberg |
Gigi’s Time is running a livestream
The Daily Mail has an interview with Miki Sudo about Joey Chestnut not competing in Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest.
Fox 13 has an article about the Cuban sandwich eating contest that Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry will be competing in tomorrow in Ybor City, FL to celebrate Founder's Day for the cigar manufacturer J.C. Newman.
Miki Sudo defends Sweet Corn Fiesta title
Sometime this morning, the top 6 were posted. I think this is the first time the MLE twitter has gone radio-silent on same day results; previously, they at least uploaded a picture of the victor. update May 1 MLE has uploaded a contest video
| 1st | 56 | Miki Sudo | defends title |
| 2nd | 54 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 3rd | 50 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 48 | Yasir Salem | first contest since April 2018 |
| 5th | 32 | Joey Przybylowicz | |
| 6th | 30 | George Chiger |
Miki Sudo ate 56 ears in 12 minutes to defend her title.
Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry appeared on CW34 this morning to discuss competing in the National Sweet Corn Eating Championship at the Sweet Corn Fiesta in West Palm Beach, FL.
Joe Capozzi has an interview with Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry about competing in the National Sweet Corn Eating Championship in West Palm Beach on Sunday.
Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry appeared on WFLA this morning to promote their Cuban sandwich eating contest versus Tampa Bay celebrities in Ybor City on May 18. This will apparently prevent them from competing in the bologna contest in Knoxville that will take place on that day,
Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry will face off against Tampa Bay celebrities in a Cuban sandwich eating contest in Ybor City on May 18.
The US Sun has an interview with Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry that includes their advice on Thanksgiving dining.
Laker Lutz News has an article about Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry receiving awards from Pasco County, FL.
Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry were officially honored by Pasco County, FL for their competitive eating success.
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