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Sheboygan sits on Lake Michigan in Wisconsin, a small city with a population of around 50,000. Its major claim to fame is being known as the Bratwurst capital of America: the locals, most of whom proudly trace their family history back to the foot-stomping, thigh-slapping, biergarten and oompah regions of southern Germany, like to say the world, but they would, wouldn’t they.
The reason I mention all this is because Sheboygan is home to the annual Johnsonville Brat-Eating World Championship, which is held at the beginning of August, and which this year saw Sonya ‘The Black Widow’ Thomas of Alexandria, Virginia breaking a world record by eating 35 bratwursts in ten minutes.
It was a narrow victory, however, with Joey Chestnut running into second place by downing 35 of the jumbo German sausages, while Rich ‘The Locust’ LeFevre tucked away 30 brats to come third.
All three are ‘professional eaters’ recognised by the New York-based International Federation of Competitive Eating, which supervises and regulates eating contests throughout the world.
Incidentally, Sonya the Black Widow shares the world popcorn-eating record with Rich the Locust – no less than 9 ½ large boxes of the stuff in 10 minutes.
Among the 23 IFCE world records held by Sonya are:
46 dozen oysters in 10 minutes
167 chicken wings in 12 minutes
65 hard-boiled eggs in 7 minutes
25 toasted cheese sandwiches in 10 minutes
4 ½ kilos of giant hamburgers in 48 minutes
38 Maine lobsters in 12 minutes
Sonya says she got into ‘professional eating’ after watching ‘celebrity eater’ Takeru Kobyashi getting through 50 (and a half) hot dogs in a record 12 minutes on the television three years ago. According to the US National Hot Dog and Sausage Council, the average American eats 70 hot dogs a year.
By now you have probably drawn a mental picture of Sonya as an overweight couch potato (or should that be sofa sausage?) If so, you are way off. For surprisingly, Sonya who is 37 and single, weighs only 50 kilos – and what’s more she does two hours of aerobics a day, five days a week.
Do I spot a Black Widow Diet book hitting the market in the not-too-distant future?
The reason I mention all this is because Sheboygan is home to the annual Johnsonville Brat-Eating World Championship, which is held at the beginning of August, and which this year saw Sonya ‘The Black Widow’ Thomas of Alexandria, Virginia breaking a world record by eating 35 bratwursts in ten minutes.
It was a narrow victory, however, with Joey Chestnut running into second place by downing 35 of the jumbo German sausages, while Rich ‘The Locust’ LeFevre tucked away 30 brats to come third.
All three are ‘professional eaters’ recognised by the New York-based International Federation of Competitive Eating, which supervises and regulates eating contests throughout the world.
Incidentally, Sonya the Black Widow shares the world popcorn-eating record with Rich the Locust – no less than 9 ½ large boxes of the stuff in 10 minutes.
Among the 23 IFCE world records held by Sonya are:
46 dozen oysters in 10 minutes
167 chicken wings in 12 minutes
65 hard-boiled eggs in 7 minutes
25 toasted cheese sandwiches in 10 minutes
4 ½ kilos of giant hamburgers in 48 minutes
38 Maine lobsters in 12 minutes
Sonya says she got into ‘professional eating’ after watching ‘celebrity eater’ Takeru Kobyashi getting through 50 (and a half) hot dogs in a record 12 minutes on the television three years ago. According to the US National Hot Dog and Sausage Council, the average American eats 70 hot dogs a year.
By now you have probably drawn a mental picture of Sonya as an overweight couch potato (or should that be sofa sausage?) If so, you are way off. For surprisingly, Sonya who is 37 and single, weighs only 50 kilos – and what’s more she does two hours of aerobics a day, five days a week.
Do I spot a Black Widow Diet book hitting the market in the not-too-distant future?
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