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| 2009 Sep 26 12 min IFOCE units: tamales |
World Tamale Eating Championship
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Western Day festival www.cityoflewisville.com Lewisville, TX http://www.nbcdfw.com/around-town/food-drink/Juliet-Lee-Takes-Tamale-Eating-Championship-61943107.html http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/092709dnmettamales.3d0fc1d.html Contact: James Kunke jkunke@cityoflewisville.com 972.219.3401 |
| 1st | 48 | $1,500.00 | "The Lovely" Juliet Lee | Germantown, MD | |
| 2nd | 42 | $1,000.00 | "Nasty" Nathan Biller | Keller, TX | |
| 3rd | 26 | $500.00 | Bryan "Big Sexy" Beard | Aurora, CO | |
| 4th | 25 | $250.00 | Brent Ricord | Keller, TX | |
| 5th | 23.5 | $150.00 | Zack Alvarado | Lewisville, TX | |
| 6th | 21.75 | $100.00 | Steve Larson | Park City, KS | |
| 7th | 21 | Kevin Hill | Waxahachie, TX | ||
| 8th | 20.5 | Homer Flores | San Antonio, TX | ||
| 8th | 20.5 | Adrean Owen | Denton, TX | ||
| 8th | 20.5 | Patrick Owen | Corinth, TX | ||
| 11th | 20 | Tony Martinez | Dallas, TX | ||
| 12th | 16.5 | Craig "The Keg" Reed | Ferndale, MI | ||
| 12th | 16.5 | Oscar Salceda | Lewisville, TX | ||
| 14th | 16 | Arial Garcia | Lewisville, TX | ||
| 14th | 16 | Marc "Meat Sweat" Laureys | Dallas, TX | ||
| 16th | 11.5 | Jaime Flores | Lewisville, TX | ||
| 17th | 10.25 | Robert Salinas | Lewisville, TX |