black magic woman
Not only is Sonya Thomas the most successful competitive eater in the United States, she’s totally the cutest. This woman can eat 25 grilled-cheese sandwiches in 10 minutes. That takes mad skills.
Sonya has made major waves in a male-dominated field, and her website styles her as a feminist role model. She explains her nickname by saying, “Because like the female black widow spider, it is my desire to eliminate the males. In competitive eating I want to eat more or faster than my male counterparts.”
Although Sonya says she’s always had a good appetite and an active metabolism, I bet most competitive eaters were that kid at the slumber party who ate an entire pizza and mixed Crush and Coke together. If you happened to be one of those kids, or if you’ve ever wanted to test your endurance and speed at hot dog or crawfish consumption, the International Federation of Competitive Eating has information on upcoming events and such.
They do have this disclaimer: “The IFOCE is against at-home training of any kind … do not try speed eating at home.”