The International Federation of Competitive Eating lists the the top 50 international record holders on its site.
Only two women. What’s with that? Sonya Thomas, a 105 pound (48 kilos for those in metric land), 40 year old from Virginia can scoff 11 pounds (5 kilos) of cheesecake in 9 minutes, 65 hard boiled eggs in 6 minutes 40 seconds, and 46 DOZEN, yes, dozen, oysters in 10 minutes. She’s ranked 6th in the world.
And coming in at number 10, is Juliet Lee, 42 also weighing in at a massive 105 pounds. Juliet is a Ninjing University chemistry professor and currently resides in Maryland. Her records include 13.23 pounds (over 6 kilos) of Jellied Cranberry Sauce, and Ultimate Eating Tournament (Various Foods): 7 Chicken Wings, 1 lb of Nachos, 3 Hot Dogs, 2 Personal Pizzas, 3 Italian Ices/Broaday at the Beach / 7 minutes, 13 seconds/April 19, 2008.
Other than these two lovely ladies, the sport (?) seems massively underrepresented by women.
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