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Sonya Thomas wins Oklahoma Okra contest
(From newsok.com & IFOCE.com)
1. Sonya Thomas, 9.75 lb.
2. Pat Bertoletti, 9.5 lb.
3. Erik “the Red” Denmark, 5 lb.
4. Miles Karpe 4.5 lb.
5. Jason McCormack 2 lb.
Tim Janus & Larry McNeil missed the contest due to bad East Coast weather
Updated 9/17 5:03 pm newsok.com has an article & gallery of the contest. The article links to beautifulbrian.com for the video of Pat Bertoletti’s ice cream record. The okra was in bite sized chunks, which probably plays to Sonya’s strengths since a lot of chewing was not required.
Updated 9/18 9:05 am Lahunta has some pictures, a video and a contest report in her myspace blog
Sonya’s Wing Bowl victory is Wachovia Center highlight
(Thanks Rhonda Evans) Philly.com has a list of highlights from the first ten years of the Wachovia Center. Sonya’s victory in Wing Bowl 12 appears under “Nonsports highlights”
Chattanooga Krystal qualifier photos
Krystal Lover’s blog and The Chattanoogan have galleries of Sunday’s Krystal Square Off qualifier where Sonya Thomas almost doubled the runner up by eating a personal record 62 burgers.
Sonya ties American & sets qualifier record in Chattanooga
KrystalSquareOff.com has complete results from today’s qualifier in Chattanooga. The top 3 finishers are:
1st-Sonya Thomas (62)
2nd-Chris Abatsas (32)
3rd-Shaun Kesler (23)
Sonya ties the US record set by Joey Chestnut in last year’s finals and beats her personal (and allover qualifier) record of 57 she set last year.
Updated 9:47 pm – The Chattanoogan has an article about the qualifier
Chattanooga Krystal qualifier field set
krystalsquareoff.com has the roster for today’s qualifier. Josh Neal and Jesse Crick won the prequalifier slots. The only ranked eater besides Sonya in the field is Nathan Kunce (#48). Shaun Kesler, who finished third in the Chattanooga qualifier last year will also attend.
The Rafu Shimpo on the gyoza contest and Sonya Thomas
The Rafu Shimpo, a publication for Los Angeles Japanese Americans, has an article about last Saturday’s gyoza contest which contains an interview with Sonya Thomas. Sonya claims that her stomach capacity is now up to 18-20 pounds and that she never gets full. There is a funny picture of Queen of Nisei Week loooking at Sonya in disbelief. Joey Chestnut says he will do the rib contest in Reno on Wednesday.
Sonya to look for 3peat in Chattanooga Krystal qualifier
The Krystal lovers blog reports that Sonya will appear in Sunday’s Krystal qualifier in Chattanooga. She won that event in 2004 and 2005, winning last year’s contest by a single burger.
The preliminary qualifiers started today with Josh Neal having the best performance with 12 Krystals in 2 minutes. The calendar for the Chattanooga prequalifiers and qualifier lists the times the contests will be webcast.
HK Standard: Sonya eats almost 10 kg (22 lb.) of food each day
The Hong Kong standard has an article about Sonya Thomas’ victory at the Whampoa Asia eating contest. In that article, Sonya is quoted as saying she eats almost 10 kg (22 lb.) of food each day. If that is accurate, then Sonya eats her bodyweight every five days. Sonya’s big Burger King meal weighs a good deal less than 22 pounds, so it would be interesting to learn what else she eats to reach that amount.
Video podcast of Sonya in Hong Kong
The South China Morning Post has a brief (about one minute) video podcast of Sonya Thomas in the semifinals of the Whampoa Asia Eating Championship where she ate 176 vegetable dumplings in 12 minutes. The podcast can also be viewed on youtube.
London Telegraph profile of Sonya Thomas
The London Telegraph has a long profile of Sonya Thomas that includes an account of her appearance at the Asparagus Festival in April. The article implies Sonya won that contest and does not mention that Joey Chestnut was victorious in overtime.
Sonya Thomas wins Hong Kong contest
From reuters via Crazy Legs’ Mom & Brian Seiken: Sonya Thomas won the Whampoa Asia Eating Championship by eating 17 Chinese style Lotus seed buns in 12 minutes. Johnny Wu, who finished second in last year’s contest to Takeru Kobayashi, was second with 9 buns. Charles Hardy attended and was listed as Sonya’s publicist.
Updated 4:34 pm – Hong Blog has an eyewitness account of the semifinals
Updated 8/14 12:47 am – pictures of the contest can be seen at Yahoo news
Sonya Thomas to do 3 brothers pizza
The AP calendar reports that Sonya Thomas will compete in Saturday’s Three Brothers Pizza eating contest in Greenbelt, MD. Sonya will look to extend her VA/MD/DC/DE/NC undefeated streak.
Sonyatheblackwidow.com is down
As of 11:10 PM, sonyatheblackwidow.com appears to have vanished.
Sonya Thomas at Wing Bowl 13 documentary on youtube
A clip of Jenny Drumgoole’s documentary about Sonya Thomas at Wing Bowl 13 has been uploaded to youtube. If the documentary will not be released theatrically or direct to DVD, I hope all segments will be available on youtube like the “Chili Dawg” documentary.
(I do not have broadband this week, so I have not watched the documentary and am not sure if it is safe for work)
Happy Birthday Sonya Thomas
Happy birthday to the greatest female competitive eater in history. (Birthday obtained from “Eat This Book”)
Possible Kobayashi impostor on myspace
A myspace page has been set up at myspace.com/takerukobayashi. It is rather unlikely that this page was set up by the actual Kobayashi given his lack of fluency in English.
The profile lists Kobayashi as a Sagitarius, when Kobayashi was born March 15, 1978.
A myspace page has also been set up at myspace.com/sonyathomas This is listed as a fan page and not Sonya’s personal page, but that disclaimer is not very prominent.
Sonya Thomas Severe Magazine interview posted
Jason has uploaded an interview of Sonya Thomas from Severe Magazine to his myspace blog.
Inaccurate female record in Nathan’s sign
The female record in the Nathan’s Wall of Fame is listed at 38 when it should be 37, which Sonya Thomas did the past two contest. The male record has already been updated to 53.7 (The sign only has one digit after the decimal point).
Beautiful Brian – Sonya wins NC ribs, Eater X 2nd
from beautifulbrian.com bulletin
Harrah’s casino, Cherokee, NC
7/8 Results updated from sonyatheblackwidow.com
1. Sonya Thomas, 5.45 lb
2. Tim “Eater X” Janus, 4.3 lb
3. Dale Boone, 3.9
Rich LeFevre DQ
Hopefully this will shut Luther up for a while.
It will be interesting to see what extracurricular activities Dale Boone was involved in. Brian Seiken claims Boone and Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough almost came to blows in Memphis.
NBC4: Sonya Thomas to do NC Ribs
NBC4 (Washington DC local news) interviewed Sonya Thomas after Nathan’s, which is mentioned in the station’s blog. Sonya said that she intended to do Friday’s rib contest at Harrah’s casino in Cherokee, NC. Dale Boone is also expected to compete in that contest and interesting (in the Chinese curse meaning of the word) things tend to happen when those two compete. I don’t believe that Sonya has ever lost in VA, DC, MD, DE or NC.
Sonya Thomas Wall Street Journal article available for free
from the Hungover Gourmet: The Wall Street Journal’s article on Sonya Thomas’ training methods has been moved to the free area of wsj.com
Wall Street Journal on Sonya Thomas
The Wall Street Journal has an article about Sonya Thomas’ training techniques. A subscription is required to read the full article. I am not sure if this article will appear in Thursday’s print edition or if it is online only.
Sonya & Booker vs. Harley riders in VA ham biscuit contest
From dailypress.com
16th Annual Virginia State Harley Davidson Owners Group Rally, Lynchburg, VA
Sonya Thomas 60 biscuits in 8 minutes
Badlands Booker 42 biscuits
Updated 9:55 The Lynchburg News Advance has an article about the contest
11:16 USA Today has an AP article and picture of the contest
Updated June 25 9:14 pm, WDBJ7 has a video of the contest
Virginia Ham preview
The News & Advance has a preview of Saturday’s Virginia Ham biscuit contest in Lynchburg, VA. Sonya Thomas and Eric “Badlands” Booker will compete against twelve of the best Harley riding eaters in an 8 minute contest.
Sonya Thomas at the eBay conference
The Hungover Gourmet has a blog entry about meeting Sonya Thomas at the eBay conference in Las Vegas.
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