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STBW down after announcing KSO IV absence
SonyaTheBlackWidow.com currently brings up a generic search page.
Last night the following announcement appeared on that website:
2007-10-13, 22:41:43: I will not be able to compete at the 2007 Krystals Finals, due to job-related obligations. Nevertheless, I wish each and every competitor the absolute best at his and her performance. (I’m pulling for you Juliet …)
The top search terms on the current page are:
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Sonya Thomas in Korea Times
The Korea Times has an article (in English) about Sonya Thomas:
When asked if she gets to eat much Korean food, Thomas said she often goes to Korean restaurants, including an all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant, in the growing Korean-American community in Virginia. “I usually go for ‘bulgogi,’ spicy-tofu stew and spicy-seafood stew. I also love chewing on Korean dried squid, which I think helps my chewing strength.”
She said she had actually lost some weight since becoming a competitive eater and that her cholesterol levels are normal. She plans to continue competing as long as she can stay healthy.
Aside from being a volume eater, another major advantage she says she has over other competitors is her blazing speed and eating technique. “I am really good when it comes to food where you have to move fast and use hands, like eating chicken wings or oysters or lobsters,” she mused.
STBW.com starts commentary page
A page called “Sonya’s View: A Peek Inside the Web” has been started on SonyaTheBlackWidow.com. The initial column concerns Sonya’s relationship with the IFOCE/MLE:
Oftentimes when I visit various competitive eating- (CE-) related Web sites, regarding some of the differences between Major League Eating (MLE) / International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE) and independently affiliated CE organizations, I ask myself where I feel I belong. That question was easily answered in the past, as no organization could have treated me any better than the most highly esteemed IFOCE — and the people in that organization — as they continue to be the best of the best!
Does that mean that there have not been challenges? No, not at all, as is the case with anything in life. But since life is about variety and broadening one’s experiences, I look forward to the possibility of new relationships and new challenges.
Kolache results from STBW.com
1. Joey Chestnut, 56 kolaches
2. Pat Bertoletti, 54
3. Bob Shoudt, 36
4. Sonya Thomas, 34
5. Hall Hunt, 27
Sonya will also compete in the Chicago jalapeno contest, where she expects to compete against Pat Bertoletti, Rich LeFevre and Erik Denmark.
Chron.com did a preview of the contest yesterday containing an interview with George Shea, who estimates the value of the publicity produced by Nathan’s contest at $100 million.
Sonya’s Buffalo win receives international publicity
Japanese CNN.com and ChosunOnline.com have articles about Sonya’s victory Saturday at the Buffalo Wing Festival.
update CNN.com has a video of the contest (from Bill Myers)
ABC News has a video which calls Sonya “Sonya Thompson”
Sonya appears in Ripley’s book
From a Ken Wong email about Ripley’s Believe It or Not! The Remarkable Revealed
I have seen two piles of the book at a Vancouver Chapters bookstore. I saw Sonya Thomas by flipping through it and seeing page 159 at which I stopped to make notes. I did not have time yesterday to look for any other eating feats mentioned. I will not pay $34.95 for it.
Book-Ripley’s Believe It or Not! The Remarkable Revealed, #4 in a series, Developed and produced by Miles Kelly Publishing Ltd. in association with Ripley Publishing, Copyright @2007 by Ripley Entertainment Inc., Printed in China., ISBN 978-1-893951-22-8, US $28.95, Canada $34.95, Page 159-has full page photo of Sonya and mince pies. Title page for Unusual Tales. Page 171-has two photos 1)closeup of Sonya stuffing mouth with food, 2) Sonya with AXIA3 T-shirt eating turkey(?), Text begins-In Depth Stomach For A Fight, Sonya Thomas is America’s competitive eating champion calling herself the Black Widow. She weighs just 99lb (45kg), but has managed to put away 46 mince pies in ten minutes and 52 hard boiled eggs in just five! The rest of the text consists of 10 questions and answers edited from http://www.sonyatheblackwidow.com/id2.html
BeautifulBrian.com: Sonya wins buffet bowl
Sonya takes Buffalo doubleheader with back to back victories in Wings and Buffet Bowl update top 4 results have been posted now
1. Sonya Thomas
2. Humble Bob Shoudth
3. Joe LaRue
4. “Buffalo” Jim Reeves
update BuffaloNews.com has an article mentioning Sonya’s victory. Jeremy Cuevas, of Thibodaux, LA, won the amateur wing contest by eating 2.72 pounds of wings in six minutes. Buffalowing.com has a video of the last two minutes of the buffet bowl.
Sept 1 IFOCE contest results
From BeautifulBrian.com via “Farooq”
Buffalo Wing Festival results
1) Sonya Thomas 5.16 lbs, first Buffalo victory since 2004
2) Chip Simpson 4.77 lbs. angry at weighing
3) Brad Sciullo
4) Humble Bob Shoudt
Sonya will be competing in the Buffalo Buffet Bowl tomorrow for the first time
Yahoo news has an article and some pictures of the contest
update BuffaloNews.com has an article and gallery of the contest Chip Simpson’s total increased from 4.77 lb to 4.33 lb after he received a recount.
From IFOCE.com & City of Lewisville
BBQ sandwich eating contest, Beach, Boogie and BBQ Festival, Myrtle Beach, SC, 10 minutes
1) Joey Chestnut: 45 Sandwiches, almost doubles Sonya’s 2003 record
2) Pat Bertoletti: 43.5 Sandwiches, led for most of contest
3) Juliet Lee: 22.5 Sandwiches
4) Patrick Vandam: 20 Sandwiches
5) Todd Hennessey: 12.25 Sandwiches
6) Bill Roth: 10.5 Sandwiches
City of Lewisville World Tamale Eating Championship, Lewisville, TX, 12 minutes
1) Tim “Eater X” Janus, 71 tamales, new record
2) Rich LeFevre, 51 tamales, competing w/ injured tooth
3) Mongo Marquez, 27 tamales
4) Timm Dilling, 24, Garland, Texas, first contest
5) Jeff Bennett, 21
DallasNews.com has an article about the contest
Sonya Thomas quiz
Brian Seiken has added a quiz about Sonya Thomas enabling fans to test their knowledge of the world’s greatest female competitive eater.
Sonya Thomas 4-peats Chattanooga qualifier
KrystalSquareOff.com reports that Sonya Thomas won today’s qualifier in Chattanooga for the fourth year in a row with 51 burgers. Rick Petralia was second with 24 burgers.
WBAL: Sonya & Juliet in 3 Brothers Pizza
WBAL has a brief article about the 3 Brothers Pizza contest which claims that Sonya Thomas & Juliet Lee will compete.
Feedback sections added to websites
SonyaTheBlackWidow.com has added a guestbook and beautifulbrian.com has a blog for reader comments.
SonyaTheBlackWidow.com revamped
SonyaTheBlackWidow.com has a completely new look and has placed her faq and other information originally on the main page in new sub-pages.
Happy Birthday Sonya
According to “Eat This Book”, today is Sonya Thomas’ birthday.
Sonya marks a decade in competitive eating
New on SonyaTheBlackWidow.com
Sonya, before you became a competitive eater, did you ever do an eating challenge?
– Response: I guess I sort of did. Way back in the summer of 1997, when I first came to the US from my home country of South Korea, my brand new American friends and I went to the Trail Dust Streak House in Dallas, Texas. Being only a little bigger than I am now (then about 108 lbs), my friends could not believe it when I took them up on their dare and ate the Trail Dust’s (then) featured 52-oz T-Bone Steak with a Baked Potato and a large Milk Shake. I was not close to being full when I finished, and I honestly didn’t understand the reason for my friends’ state of shock. I just thought that they had poor appetites.
A 50 ounce steak (called the “Bull Shipper”) is still on the Trail Dust’s menu, but there does not appear to be any online “Wall of Fame” on the restaurant website.
Press release about Sonya Thomas paper plate ad
(From sonyatheblackwidow.com) The website for the supermarket chain Harris Teeter has a press release about Sonya Thomas’ commerical for house brand paper plates. The other three commercials in the advertising campaign star former wrestler Hulk Hogan, speed drummer Mike Mangini and radio Host Art Bell. Harris Teeter is based on the east coast with most locations between Maryland and Georgia. Some of the ads have the products used in unconventional manners:
Bell promotes aluminum foil for Harris Teeter by shaping it into a hat with an antenna. Why, you may ask? It’s Art Bell, he needed to see if the yourhome aluminum foil protected his brain from paranormal frequencies.
Sonya Thomas article in the KoreAm Journal
(From SonyaTheBlackWidow.com) The KoreAm Journal has a long article about Sonya Thomas with coverage of the Long Beach chili cheese fries contest.
Science of Speed Eating teleblog
A teleblog of the “Science of Speed Eating” documentary is available after the jump.
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“Science of Speed Eating” videos & blog entry
(From Dan Cesareo) Two new trailers from the “Science of Speed Eating” documetary, which will be televised on the National Geographic channel on Sunday, are embedded in a blog entry on the National Geographic website. One of the trailers introduces Sonya Thomas. Sonya will apparently attempt to eat 18 pounds of food in the program.
Sonya Thomas in paper plate commercial
A commercial for paper plates starring Sonya Thomas can be viewed at http://youtube.com/watch?v=RQQ37rlvMV4 In the commercial, Sonya compares Harris-Teeter (a southern supermarket chain) house brand paper plates with name brand paper plates.
In other Sonya Thomas news, sonyatheblackwidow.com has brought up a blank page for the past two days.
WP Express: Sonya Thomas in bun contest (?) only
The Washington Post’s Express has an article about Sonya Thomas that is not 100% accurate:
Might that mean that Alexandria’s very own “Black Widow,” the highly ranked competitive eater Sonya Thomas, might be moving up the rankings? She’s scheduled to compete in Nathan’s hot dog bun eating contest, but, so far, not the hot dog competition itself.
Sonya Thomas profile in LancasterOnline.com
LancasterOnline.com did an article about Sonya Thomas to preview the Shoo Fly Pie contest.
Though Thomas prefers salads and sushi, most days she has to eat on the job. She often avoids her favorite Korean restaurants, where too many fans recognize her.
“When I go eat, I don’t like the people bothering me,” she says. “When I eat, I want to enjoy my food.”
Thomas starts her day with coffee. After the lunch rush, she grabs a crispy chicken sandwich — hold the mayo — chicken tenders and king-sized french fries, washing it down with three or four king-sized Diet Cokes.
“Every day (it’s) the same food,” she says of the approximately 1,900-calorie midday meal. “It never changes.”
Science of Speed Eating clip available
(from Dan Cesareo) A clip of next month’s “Science of Speed Eating” documentary on the National Geographic channel is available on the documentary producer’s website, bigfishdc.com
Contest footage from last summer’s Waffle House contest, Cherokee ribs, and Atlanta Zoo qualifier appears in the preview.
update The clip can be downloaded directly from http://bigfishdc.com/BIG%20FISH/Our%20Work_files/Speedeaters_web.mov
“Science of Speed Eating” to air July 8
From a Bubba Yarbrough email:
I just received an advanced copy from National Geographic with the air dates and time. It will air July 8 at 9pm et/pt. It features Me (Bubba) tim and Sonya. Tim is run through some very exhaustic digestive testing and Sonya and I go through some training and other stuff Overall it looks great.
update TVWeek has a preview (from Rhonda Evans)
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