Female competitive eaters category

JSOnline.com has an article about Randy Santel and Katina DeJarnett's recent move to Milwaukee so Randy can pursue a master's degree in dietetics at Mount Mary University.
The US Sun has an interview of "UK Chilli Queen" Shahina Waseem, who bills herself as the world's number on chilli eater.
The Washington City Paper has a profile of Molly Schuyler which includes a report on last month's Z-Burger eating contest.
KRQE has an article about Raina Huang's trip to Albuquerque.
Juan and Sarah Rodriguez did an interview on WGN today for National Hot Dog Day.
Mary Bowers appeared on tonight's episode of America's Got Talent and attempted to eat her way out of a wedding cake she was encased in.
Molly Schuyler and Dan Kennedy ate 33 burgers in 10 minutes in Marple, PA as part of an event organized by Delco Steaks to raise money for Austin Beltrante's post-electrocution medical expenses.
TheStar.com.my has an article about the relationship which led to marriage earlier this year between Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez and Sarah Reinecke Rodriguez.
AZCentral has a profile of Michelle Lesco titled "Arizona woman wins Nathan's hot dog eating contest: How she burped her way to victory".
Congratulations to Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry on the birth of their son, Maxwell Samuel Wehry.
Daily Mail has an article about former Australian Rules Football star Sam Newman claim that Michelle Lesco had gender-reassignment surgery after failing to qualify for the men's division of Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest in 2019. (She has competed in the women's division of the competition since 2011.)
Molly Schuyler ate 50 chili dogs in 22 minutes to set the house record, which was previously held by Tim "Eater X" Janus, at the Rockford Corner Bar in Rockford, MI. I think she is the first female to eat 50 hot dogs with buns in any eating competition or challenge.
A video of golfer Paige Spiranac's attempt to eat as many hot dogs as possible in 10 minutes has gone viral.
Wired UK has an article about the relationship between Randy Santel and Katina "Eats Kilos" DeJarnett.

2021 Nathan’s Famous women’s contest

Official results

1st 30.75 Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco
2nd 24 Sarah “Unstoppable Bab” Rodriguez
3rd 18.25 Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele
4th 16 Katie Prettyman
5th 15 Sophia Devita
6th 12.75 Holly Titus
7th 11 Jocelyn Walker
8th 9.5 Kelly Wong
9th 8 Julie Goldberg
10th 7.75 Kathryn Tesch
11th 7.5 Rene Rovtar
12th 7 Kristina Rovtar
13th 5 Prudence DiBenedetto

Today is the 10th anniversary of the inaugural Nathan’s Famous women’s division. Nothing has been heard from the original top 3 in over 20 months, with Juliet Lee and Stephanie Torres passing away and Sonya Thomas going radio-silent after a mystery disqualification in the 2018 finals.

Mary Bowers is a surprise omission. There do not appear to be any unexpected entrants.

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Mimi Zhang won today's hot dog eating contest held at Fat Freddy's on the Gold Coast of Australia.
Melody Andorfer, who ate 12 hot dogs in 5 minutes to win the Nathan's Famous eating contest held on Labor Day weekend in 1972, was honored at yesterday's weigh-in ceremony.

2021 Z-Burger eating contest

Reuters has started a periscope livestream of the contest. Molly Schuyler is competing.

Results from the livestream
1T Molly Schuyler 34
1T Dan Kennedy 34
3 Ricardo Corbucci 22
4 Andrew Puhl 21
5 Sean “The Mouth Eats” Yeager 17
6 Dan Rock 9
7T Alexander Prescott 8
7T Terence Brown 8

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Sportscasting.com has an interview with Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry in which they talk about the origin of their relationship. update Middletown Press also has an article about the couple.
The Chicago Tribune has an article about Juan and Sarah Rodriguez (formerly Sarah Reinecke). They will attempt to set the record for the most hot dogs eaten by a married couple in Sunday's Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest.
"Battle of the Super Eaters", a 2019 program from the British network Channel 4 starring Leah Shutkever, Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran and Kyle Gibson, can be viewed on youtube.
KVOA has a news video about Michelle Lesco competing in Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest in which she says "The title is mine for the taking".
Joel Hansen finished the Brahma Bull challenge in 8:06 at The Rib Line in San Luis Obispo, CA to break Raina Huang's record and claim a $1,000 prize.
The Milwaukee Record has an article about Randy Santel and Katina "Eats Kilos" DeJarnett's move to Milwaukee.
Indian food challenger MaddyEats has passed a million subscribers to her youtube channel.
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