TampaBay.com has an interview with Miki Sudo about competing in the Hooters World Wing-Eating Championship tomorrow (her missing the Nathan's finals is not mentioned).
Kwame Hall has produced a video about last month's Hooters wing eating qualifier in Las Vegas won by Miki Sudo.
2013 Nathan’s finals – women
update July 8
Rake & Herald reports: Report 1 | Report 2
The Dana Point Times has a profile of Mary Bowers
Missouri Net thinks Juliet Lee won the contest and should have received the same amount ($10,000) as Joey Chestnut.
Official Results Part 1 | Part 2
1) Sonya Thomas 36.75, 3rd women’s division victory in a row, 11 straight finals where she was top female
2) Juliet Lee 36
3) Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco 27.5, originally 30
4) Meredith Boxberger 26, spelled “Boxburger” by ESPN
5) Larell Marie Mele 21
6) Neslie Ricasa 14
7) Mary Bowers 10
8T) Laura Riehman 6.5
8T) Prudence Di Benedetto 6.5
update A picture of the field (without Juliet Lee) I do not recognize the two women on the right
According to the official contest roster, five female qualifier winners are not competing in Coney Island today: Miki Sudo, Molly Schuyler, Dee Martin, Christina Ginn and Terri Reeves.
The Rake & Herald has an interview with Miki Sudo, the top female performer on the 2013 qualifier circuit (40 hot dogs) conducted before she withdrew from the finals. In another Rake & Herald article, Rich Shea declined to provide any new information about the withdrawal (but he does say that Miki Sudo will compete in the Hooters wing finals later this month)
ESPNW has an article about Sonya Thomas' attempt to threepeat the women's division of the Nathan's finals. Miki Sudo's potential as a rival is cited, noting her 40 hot dog qualifier performance (her withdrawal from tomorrow's contest is not mentioned).
Las Vegas Sun: Miki Sudo withdraws from Nathan’s finals
update Rake & Herald has confirmed the withdrawal. This will leave the women’s finals without the two top performers in the qualifiers: Miki Sudo (40) & Molly Schuyler (31)
Rake & Herald noticed that the caption for Las Vegas Sun’s gallery of Miki Sudo at Wednesday’s Hooters wing qualifier announces that she has withdrawn from Thursday’s Nathan’s finals (She will compete in the Hooters finals).
Rich Shea made no mention of Miki withdrawing on his interview on ESPN’s Mike & Mike show earlier this morning.
The withdrawal notice did not appear on the original caption of the gallery which is available in the Google Cache (date June 28)
If the withdrawal is not of Miki’s volition, she has the option of filing a complaint with the Nevada Gaming Control Board that a contest held on casino grounds reneged on its prize.
Miki Sudo will appear in a burger eating contest at the Heart Attack Grill on tonight's episode of Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy at 9pm eastern/ 8 central tonight. The episode will be rerun at 1:01 am. Larry will live tweet during the episode. @GitRDoneLarry will live tweet during the episode. update Miki appeared in the background of the spanking scene, but the eating contest was cut unless the program returns to the Heart Attack Grill for another segment.
Miki Sudo has posted a video of a one minute hot dog training session she did with "Cardboard Shell".
A link for the webcast of the "Stuffed" finale has been set up at http://whatstrending.com/2013/06/trending-live-noon-stuffed-food-filled-finale/, but it is currently showing the final taped episode where Miki Sudo and Jimmy Lin face off in a corn dog eating contest. update Link to webcast video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE47xxGTSCk
The penultimate episode of season 1 of Stuffed features a team calzone challenge at Rocco's Tavern in Studio City where Miki Sudo and Jimmy Lin face off against Pat Bertoletti and Tim "Gravy" Brown. Miki Sudo and Jimmy Lin will face off in the finale which will be webcast live tomorrow at 3 pm eastern / noon Pacific at http://www.youtube.com/user/Whatstrending.
In the new episode of Stuffed, contestants design a giant burger at Slater's 50/50 in Pasadena, CA and then eat it.
In the new episode of Stuffed, the competitors are allowed the use of only one hand while attempting the 5.5 pound "Are You Texas Enough?" barbecue feast at Smoke City Market in Sherman Oaks, CA.
The challenge for the new episode of Stuffed is the 54 inch pizza at Big Mamma's & Papa's Pizza in Burbank, CA, which has an unconventional topping. One of the four competitors will be eliminated after the challenge.
Miki Sudo upsets Joey Chestnut at 2013 Chicago Ribfest, “Cardboard Shell” 2nd
update June 21 AOL Patch and Cardboard Shell have videos (via Miki Sudo)
update June 10 Rake & Herald, Chicagoist and 60625news have contest reports
Chicago Tribune and
Miki Sudo have galleries
update June 8-2 DNAInfo and Looky Tasty have contest reports.
update June 8 Shar.es has an article and video. Matt Raible is listed as a contest judge and the contest duration is given as 8 minutes.
7:38 The top 4 | rest:
1) Miki Sudo 2.9 lb. (6 minutes, previous year’s contest was 8 minutes)
2) Michelle Lesco 2.62
3) Joey Chestnut 2.56
4) Bob Shoudt 2.31
5) Juan Rodriguez 1.99
6) Andrew Kogutkiewicz 1.56
7) Brett Bernstein 1.17 amateur winner
8) Andrew Skweres 1.16 Chicago Wing Bowl representative
9) Eric Hucke 1.14
update June 8
Winning Ribmania totals
| 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 |
It appears that before tonight, Sonya Thomas was the only woman to have defeated Joey Chestnut. Miki Sudo and Michelle Lesco have tripled that number.
update 7:16 central Miki Sudo reportedly won the contest. (7:24) Miki’s victory is confirmed, this is the second upset in a row at the Chicago Ribfest after Tim Brown defeated Pat Bertoletti last year.
DNAInfo has a Skype interview with Joey Chestnut.
ChicagoNow and Constant Contact have reports on yesterday’s amateur qualifier won by Brett “The Ravenous Rabbi” Bernstein.
The Big Fat Fatty sandwich at Sal's Deli in Los Angeles is the challenge on this week's episode of Stuffed.
History.com has a clip from the June 26 episode of Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy of a burger eating contest recorded at the Heart Attack Grill won by Miki Sudo. Larry says Miki could be the next Sonya Thomas and also mentions Joey Chestnut's Krystal burger record. (via Pilgrim Studios)
Joey edges Miki to win Three Rivers Festival pepperoni roll contest
update May 30 WV Metronews has a gallery and WDTV has an article and video
update WBOY has an article and video
The top 6 (part 1 | part 2)
1) Joey Chestnut 28
2) Miki Sudo 27.5
3) Sonya Thomas 24
4) Bob Shoudt 22.5
5) Tim Janus 22
6) Juliet Lee 19.5
Video will be livestreamed at http://vp.telvue.com/player?s=gfcc I think the last time Juliet Lee lost to a woman besides Sonya Thomas was to Elizabeth Canady in a 2007 Krystal qualifier.
The Las Vegas episode of Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy will be televised on the History Channel on June 26 according to zap2it.com. A burger eating contest at the Heart Attack Grill won by Miki Sudo was recorded for the program.
This weeks episode of Stuffed features the Bikkuri Don sushi bowl challenge at Wakasaya in Los Angeles.
Ken Hofmann has a column for the Houston Chronicle about Miki Sudo competing in the Niko Niko's World Gyro Eating Championship on May 19. (article is behind paywall, which can be bypassed with Google News)
B for Banishment: Bertoletti, Brown, Biller out of MLE top 50, Miki Sudo #7
update May 10 Rake & Herald has a post about the new rankings containing an interview with Pat Bertoletti who says he declined to extend his MLE contract due to issues it was causing with the Glutton Force Five food truck and his “Stuffed” youtube series. He says he might have competed in his last eating contest.
Flashback: November GQ article where Pat Bertoletti says he is contemplating retirement. ( Joey Chestnut also says he is considering retiring after the 2013 Nathan’s finals)
update May 9 Flashback to the Spring 2010 top 10 Half are apparently no longer with MLE ( Kobayashi (#3) Pat Bertoletti (#4) Ben Monson (#7) Hall Hunt (#9) Tim Brown (#10) )
Miki Sudo noticed that the MLE top 50 was updated today. The new top 10:
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In the third episode of "Stuffed", Jimmy Lin, Miki Sudo, Naader Reda and Dax Swanson take on the 50 spicy wing challenge at Barney's Beanery in Los Angeles.
George Shea announces that Sonya Thomas and Miki Sudo (billed as the world's top 2 female eaters) will compete in the West Virginia Three Rivers Festival Pepperoni Roll Eating World Championship in Fairmont, WV on May 25.
In the new episode of STUFFED, Pat Bertoletti, Tim Brown, Jimmy Lin, Naader Reda, Dax Swanson and Miki Sudo attempt the 10 taco challenge at Sharkeez in Hermosa Beach, CA.
The blog for Dr. Jon of the Heart Attack Grill announces that Miki Sudo's appearance on Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy where she ate the Octuple Bypass Burger in 3:22 will be televised on the History Channel in May. If you can't wait until next month, Miki has posted a training video where she eats 24 hot dogs in 4:15.
The debut episode of "Get Stuffed" starring Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown was uploaded to the Tasted Channel on youtube. Jimmy Lin, Naader Reda, Miki Sudo, Dax Swanson will take on restaruants' eating challenges in the premier. Future episodes will come out on Tuesday.
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