Sonya Thomas
Sonya Thomas (born July 26, 1967 in Gunsan , South Korea as Lee Sun-kyung ; kor. 이선경 ) is an American weather eater . Korean-born Sonya Thomas, who weighs less than fifty kilograms, is also known by the nickname The Black Widow , particularly in the United States , for regularly beating men two to three times their body weight in eating contests bring on the scales.
Success in eating competitions
Sonya Thomas has been a member of the International Federation of Competitive Eating since 2003 , an organization that organizes eating competitions worldwide and only allows its members to participate in events of this organization. Sonya Thomas is one of the most famous members of this organization.
Her best-known victories include eating 37 hot dogs in 12 minutes at the International Hot Dog Eating Contest , which is held annually in New York on Independence Day . She was able to increase this value further in the following years and set the world record for women several times. Currently (2013) her record is 45 hot dogs in ten minutes.
In 2003 Sonya Thomas also won the Wing Bowl , a food competition that takes place in Philadelphia on the eve of the Super Bowl and attracts around 20,000 spectators. Journalist Jason Fagone, in his critical book on commercial food competitions in the United States, described how Sonya Thomas was the target of racial attacks in 2004 because of her victory over local heroes last year. In the fall of 2011, she broke her own record and won the Wing Bowl with 183 entwined chicken wings in twelve minutes.
literature
- Jason Fagone: Insatiable - Competitive Eating and the Big Fat American Dream . London 2006, ISBN 0-224-07680-9 .
Web links
Sonya Thomas on Daum (Korean)
Single receipts
- ^ Fagone, p. 194 and p. 195
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thomas, Sonya |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lee, Sun-kyung (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American weather eater |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 26, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gunsan , South Korea |