The MLE facebook reports that Sonya Thomas will do a jalapeno exhibition on Fox & Friends on the Fox News Network tomorrow (7am – 10am eastern) and then do an appearance on FoxNews.com after the program.

Update A video of a post show jalapeno eating contest (via MLE facebook) and picture are available.

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update Apr 11 HumidBeings has a short video

update 11:02 Rich Shea did an interview this morning

Some pictures:

update 3:55 facebook.com/eatfast: top 4

1) Sonya Thomas 6.5 lbs.
2) Nick Bauer 4.5 lbs.
3T) Elliot Guidry 2.5 lbs.
3T) Will Peters 2.5 lbs.
5T) Tim Brown, Kevin Ross, Adrian Morgan 1.5 lbs.

update 3:51 Liz Money confirms that Sonya Thomas won

update 3:41 twitter.com/jlaurie: “Tiny asian chic eats 6.5 lbs of crawfish…wins”

update 3:40 Results have yet to be announced 30 minutes after the end of the contest

update 3:05 GSheppard has a picture of the contest.

The crawfish contest at the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans should be starting in about 30 minutes.

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According to the eatfeats database, yesterday’s Binga’s Tender Bender contest was the first time Sonya Thomas won a contest “Notorious” B.O.B. Shoudt competed in since the 2007 Buffalo Buffet Bowl contest. The victory gives Sonya wins over Bob in 2 out of 3 contests in 2010 after having only one win (at the controversial Atlantic City crawfish contest) in seven contests in 2009. A list of Sonya Thomas vs. Bob Shoudt head to head results is available after the jump:
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update #2 WGME also has a video and article (from Pete Davekos)

update WCSH has a video and article

The top 4 & #5 – #7 of the Binga’s Tenders contest in Portland, Maine from the eatingcontest twitter:

1) Sonya Thomas 6.93 lbs.
2) “Notorious” B.O.B. Shoudt 6.595
3) Tim “Eater X” Janus 6.18
4) Nate Biller 4.055
5) Pete “Pretty Boy” Davekos 3.25
6) Crazy Legs Conti 2.85
7) “Wild” Bill Myers 1.75

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update #2 A contest video and a gallery from Adrian Morgan are available

update QCTimes has an article

Top 4 from twitter.com/eplastino:
1) Sonya Thomas 6.75 lbs.
2) Tim “Eater X” Janus 6.5
3) Tim “Gravy” Brown 5
4) Adrian Morgan 4.25
5T) “Nasty” Nate Biller 4
5T) Joe Larue 4
5T) Crazy Legs Conti 4
8) Benjamin Taylor
9) Eric “Badlands” Booker 2.75
10) Matt Spahr 1.75
11) David Grimes 1

updated with full results Adrian Morgan came in fourth

The Rhythm City Casino website has a contest page listing
Sonya Thomas, Tim Janus, Tim Brown, Crazy Legs Conti, Nate Biller and Benjamin Taylor as expected entrants. Badlands Booker, Joe La Rue and Adrian Morgan also appear in eplastino’s tweetphoto page.

WQAD has a video of an interview Tim Janus did yesterday

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The twitter for BGR Burger Joint claims that Sonya Thomas is the only person to have finished its 9 pound challenge burger, which took her 22 minutes.

update Mar 15 Commenters have noticed that the online menu claims the burger was featured in an “I.F.O.C.” contest. (Ian Hickman won an independent 2008 contest at BGR)

The online menu also lists the total weight of the burger at 15.6 pounds, making it larger than Denny’s Beer Barrel Old 96er and the Clinton Station Diner’s Zeus challenge.

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(via eatingcontest twitter) Sonya Thomas’ appearance on Washington Post Live can now be viewed online. Sonya says that she is considering the meatball eating contest in Las Vegas and that popcorn was her most difficult contest food.

update embedded video is available after the jump
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Sonya Thomas now has three contest streak where she finished ahead of Pat Bertoletti after not finishing ahead of him in all of 2007 and 2008. A list of head to head performances follows after the jump:

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update #3 A press release about the contest is available

update #2 Sonya’s post OT total was 250.5, Bertoletti’s was 240 according to the La Costena twitter

update The eatingcontest twitter has the top 5:

1) Sonya Thomas, 209 won 1 minute eatoff
2) Pat Bertoletti, 209
3) Eric “Badlands” Booker, 158
4T) Hall Hunt 134
4T) Tim “Gravy” Brown 134

Silly America (Val Bromann) reports that Sonya Thomas defeated Pat Bertolett in a one minute eat off to take today’s La Costena jalapeno eating contest in Chicago.

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Buffalo Buffet Bowl results

1) Sonya Thomas
2) Tim “Gravy” Brown
3) Sean Gordon
4) Russ Keeler
5) Jim Reeves
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update Sept 6 The Buffalo News has another article

update #2 Buffalo News has a contest report and WNYMedia has a video

update George Shea’s twitter has full results

4:48 The results are being announced

1st Sonya Thomas
2nd Sean Gordon
3rd Tim Brown
4th Pat Bertoletti

The Buffalo Wing Festival has a webcast of the contest. Eaters have yet to be introduces.

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MySanAntonio has a gallery of Saturday’s Krystal qualifier. You would not be able to tell dunking was banned by Erik Denmark’s shirt.

update The Krystal Square Off blog has a video and MySanAntonio has a short interview with Sonya Thomas, who will compete in 2 contests at the Buffalo Wing Festival this weekend.

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update #2 MySanAntonio has an article

update Full results are available on the KSO blog

From the KSO twitter:

1) Sonya Thomas, 64 points
2) Erik Denmark, 55
3) Homer Flores, 32

Here is a video of Kenny Hammontree on San Antonio Living

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MySanAntonio has a preview of Saturdays’ Krystal Square Off qualifier which contains an interview with Sonya Thomas. update The Krystal Square Off blog also has an interview in which Sonya comments on sitting out last year’s finals:

Look, I’m a fast food manager and my staff and I take great pride and work long, rigorous hours in preparing orders for our customers, who love our food. I have seen Krystal burgers getting disrespected more and more every year to the point that I didn’t want to contribute to that image any more. A Krystal burger went into the water, but what came out was something that looked like it probably could have been eaten with a spoon. It made my heart so heavy to think about being a part of that. I know how I would feel if I saw people drowning the fast food items that I pour my blood, sweat and tears into preparing each and every day. There’s just something wrong with that. The least someone can do is eat our food the way it was intended to be eaten.

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A list of head to head results of Sonya Thomas vs. Juliet Lee in the eatfeats database is available after the jump. Sonya Thomas has not only never finished behind Juliet Lee, she has not lost to any other female competitor:

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