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Sonya Thomas wins 3rd Norfolk Nathan’s qualifier
update #2 4 pictures have been added to the article. The caption of the third picture confirms that Jay Gorman came in third.
update HamptonRoad has an article
Results from http://twitter.com/eatingcontest/status/2056038464
1. Sonya Thomas, 36 HDB 3rd Norfolk qualifier victory
2. Joe Tursi 16.33
3. Jay Gorman 16
4. Will Schmeirer 15.5
Jay Gormand might be AICE strawberries runner-up & Baltimore sushi winner Jay Gorman
IFOCE.com reports that Sonya Thomas is dedicating her performance in the Norfolk qualifier to recently deceased Carson "Collard Green" Hughes. The IFOCE has named the first weekend in June "Collard Green" weekend.
HamptonRoads.com has a preview of Saturday's qualifier at the MacArthur Center in Norfolk, VA. Sonya Thomas is the only listed expected competitor.
Sonya Thomas appears in Mental Floss' list of 6 more women who beat the boys.
Sonya Thomas breaks streak vs. Bertoletti
According to the eatfeats database, yesterday’s Acme Oyster contest was the first time Sonya Thomas finished ahead of Pat Bertoletti since the October 8, 2006 jalapeno eating contest at the Texas State Fair. Bertoletti’s streak spanned 16 competitions.
With the exception of the controversial Mardi Gras crawfish contest, Sonya Thomas had not finished ahead of Tim Janus since the 2007 Three Brothers Pizza contest. (They tied for second place in the 2008 Three Brothers Pizza contest)
A list of results from contests in which Sonya Thomas competed against Pat Bertoletti and Tim Janus is available after the jump:
twitter: Sonya Thomas reclaims Acme Oyster title
update NewOrleans.com has a gallery
3:49 Official top 3 from http://twitter.com/gcshea/status/1552869281
1. Sonya Thomas, 29 dozen in 8 minutes
2. Pat Bertoletti 26 dozen
3. Tim “Eater X” Janus 22 dozen
3:22 Ginger Gibson reports that Sonya has won with 29 dozen in 8 minutes.
3:14 The contest has started
3:00 The contest has yet to start, see http://twitter.com/annawhitlow
for pictures
update http://twitter.com/gingergibson is posting updates on the contest. The contest is just about to start as of 2:45 pm eastern
The Acme Oyster website has been revamped. The online Wall of Fame for the 15 dozen club (which had not been updated since 2005) has been dropped and Adam Richman is the only member currently mentioned on the new 15 dozen club page.
New poll: Sonya Thomas next announcement
The new poll asks what you think Sonya Thomas will announce regarding her competitive eating future. http://sonyatheblackwidow.com/ has brought up a generic search page for over a month. If Sonya Thomas misses the 2009 Nathan’s finals, that will end her streak at 6.
SonyaTheBlackWidow.com brings up a generic search page. Sonya Thomas did not apparently receive a slot in tomorrow's corned beef contest if she registered for it.
Link Buffet: December 19, 2008
- Pictures from 2005 have been added to the Major League Eating flickr gallery
- Video clip about the Buffalo Wing Festival contest containing a Sonya Thomas interview
- Kobayashi highlight video clip
- Man vs. Food videos playlist on youtube
- Gal Sone and Tomoko Miyake have late birthday parties
Link Buffet: December 10, 2008
- Dave Shoffner resumes blogging, but not on megamunch
- Encounter with Sonya Thomas at the Washington Capitals game December 4
- St. George Hunt, described by Angelo Cataldi as the Wing Bowl’s biggest fan, passes away
- Bacci Pizza in Chicago starts a 30 inch pizza eating challenge
- Bonita Springs, FL wing eating contest Saturday
Sonya Thomas sits out Capitals hot dog contest
A video of the hot dog eating contest for Washington, DC area local celebrities held at last night’s Washington Capitals game has been uploaded to youtube. Sonya Thomas did not participate due to a stomach cramp. The winner, Brian Egan of WMZQ, said “Sonya Thomas, put that in your pipe and smoke it” after his victory.
Sonya Thomas to appear at Washington Capitals game Dec 4
The website for the Washington Capitals NHL team reports that the team will hold a eating contest for area college students before the game against the New York Islanders on December 4. Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas will be a judge and trainer for that event. College students interested in competing should listen to ESPN Radio 980. There will also be a hot dog eating contest for local celebrities that Sonya Thomas will compete in.
This is the second hot dog eating contest for college students the Washington Capitals have hosted in 2008. The first competition was held in January.
STBW.com restored
After being down for approximately 6 weeks, SonyaTheBlackWidow.com is now back online. Neither the website hiatus nor Sonya’s future plans are mentioned on the news & notes page.
Sonya Thomas mentioned in Sugawara article
Sports Hochi’s article about Hatsuyo “The Witch” Sugawara’s victory in the Morioka noodles contest names Sonya Thomas as a rival to Sugawara (automatically translated)
“All Japan Championships Wanko-soba” in 2006 and second in his debut, “than other people to eat fast,” said Sugawara thin and we were aware, the current path led to the “origin” of the tournament. “(Food Fight), which is doing, maybe! Happy when the倒SETARA happy,” said the U.S. Food Fighter of the woman, Lee Sun-kyung’s Sonya Thomas-American name of the game .
It is not clear from the article if a contest between “The Witch” and “The Black Widow” is imminent. This blog entry says that Sonya Thomas is planning to challenge Sugawara.
Sonya Thomas to judge Andrews AFB contest
The online newsletter for Andrews Air Force Base has the following item:
Beat the Black Widow
AAFES and Anthony’s Pizza are hosting a pizza eating contest today at 11:30 a.m. in the foodcourt of the base exchange. Sonya ‘‘Black Widow†Thomas, competitive eater, avid walker and Andrews Burger King manager, is slated to be on hand performing demonstrations and to serve as a judge for the contest. Prizes include AAFES gift cards. For more information call Anthony’s Pizza at 301-568-2200.
It is not clear whether the date of the contest is October 30 or 31.
New poll: Sonya Thomas’ CE future
The new poll asks if you think if Sonya Thomas will return to the IFOCE or if she will choose another course of action. SonyaTheBlackWidow.com has now been down for about a month after she announced she did not receive a slot in the Famous Famiglia pizza contest.
Link Buffet: October 17, 2008
- BeautifulBrian.com has commentary on Sonya Thomas and Juliet Lee
- BeautifulBrian.com also has a poll on who should be the IFOCE commisioner
- George and Rich Shea highlight video clips
- The Brad Sciullo article is picked up by the Associated Press
- Quinnipiac University bans on-campus eating contests, citing the death of an unnamed student competitive eater (I am unaware of any deaths in collegiate eating contests)
- Cancelled lumberjack eating contest receives bad reviews from Jill Stoler and others.
- WalletPop on how buffets trick patrons into consuming less food
- David Letterman says the format of the next presidential debate will involve competitive eating in his monologue.
Rich LeFevre to attempt 120 ounce steak today
A history of STBW outages
SonyaTheBlackWidow.com is currently down and brings up a generic search page. It also experienced an outage of several days after Sonya announced she would miss last year’s Krystal finals and for more than a week after the controversial 2006 meatball contest.
Sonya denied Famous Famiglia slot
Sonya Thomas’ most recent update to her website reports that she did not receive a slot to the Famous Famiglia pizza contest despite signing up on-line soon after registration opened.
The contest press release, available on the Famous Famiglia news page, is dated September 11 and lists several expected entrants even though registration officially opened on September 15.
Sonya Thomas on KSO V finals absence
Sonya Thomas has updated her website to mention that she will not be competing in this year’s Krystal finals, but does not provide much information on the reasons for her absence.
Last year Sonya Thomas also reported that she would miss the KSO IV finals due to a work related schedule conflict, but that conflict was resolved.
Link Buffet: September 23, 2008
- Jill Stoler has reports on the bun & cheese and loukoumades eating contests she competed in this weekend.
- If you missed the update below, Sonya Thomas declined her wild card slot which will go to Crazy Legs Conti
- Krystal amateurs Info: Sackful challenge pregame contest for pairs (
$500$100 prize), finals slot registration - Saint Louis Sushi gallery. The top 3 – last years winner did not repeat, the winner is not named
- Mount Union College hot dog contest
- Phoenix area hot dog contest with qualifiers for high school students
- “Furious” Pete to do eating contests at the Mr. Olympia expo this weekend
Link Buffet: September 8, 2008
- Kobayashi interview in Thrillist (from Val Bromann)
- Sonya Thomas hopes to break 20 lbs. in the Louisiana grits eating contest
- Report on Ghirardelli Square ice cream eating contest
- NYC IFOCE Pizza prizes: 1st- $10,000 , 2nd – $2,500 3rd- $1,000 (from email)
- NYC Falafel eating contest video
- Astroland amusement park in Coney Island closes
- Paul Barlow’s website hits 50K visits (from email)
Buffalo Buffet Bowl results thread
Buffalo Buffet Bowl results from a Mike Landrich comment:
1. Sonya Thomas
2. Juliet Lee
3. Badlands Booker
4. Jim Reeves
Wild Bill: Sonya repeats in Buffalo wings
Full results from the wing eating contest held at the Buffalo Wing Festival courtesy of “Wild” Bill Myers:
1st 4.23 $1500 Sonya “The Black Widow†Thomas
2nd 4.15 $750 Eric “Badlands†Booker
3rd 3.98 $300 Juliet Lee
4th 3.52 Russ “The Black Hole†Keeler
5th 3.24 “Buffalo†Jim Reeves
6th 2.85 “Big†Brian Subich
7th 2.83 Brad “The Lunatic†Sciullo
8th 2.77 Dave “U. S. Male†Goldstein
9th 2.02 Mike Landrich
10th 1.88 William “Wild Bill†Myers
11th 1.65 Matthew Ventre
12th 1.27 “Beautiful†Brian Seiken
update WKBW.com has a video
update #2Beautiful Brian has a contest video
Sonya Thomas & Hall Hunt podcasts available
Podcast interviews of Sonya Thomas and Hall Hunt are available on the Krystal Square Off blog.
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