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
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Crazy Legs Mom said
September 4, 2007 @ 9:17 am
Wake-up wake-up Rhonda. Where are you? She is truly unbelievable.
Congratulations Sonya on your double-whammy.
Rhonda Evans said
September 4, 2007 @ 10:28 am
I agree Rona. Women like Sonya come around but once in a generation at most — if that. That does not mean that there aren’t other truly outstanding female eaters. Just look at Juliet and Carlene LeFevre, for example. They are trememdous with a capital “T.”
One person’s greatness does not detract from another’s outstanding stature, and for a female to be among the top 20 or 25 in the entire world is astonishing, especially with the level of talent on the global stage in this day and time.
May Juliet know and remember that! At this time the word “retirement” should not even be in her vocabulary. Good luck to the talented Ms Canady.
Rhonda Evans said
September 4, 2007 @ 10:34 am
I noticed that Sonya discontinued her Guest Book. That’s a shame and I bet I know why. There are some ignoramuses out there who have nothing better to do than post ridiculous, stupid, hurtful, degrading comments.
I’d like to be alone in a locked room with such a person for a mere 5 minutes (with an equalizer present, of course, like a frying pan or a baseball bat)!