The Black Widow Food Eating Champion - Times and Records

Ian C. Langtree - Writer/Editor for Disabled World (DW)
Published: 2010/09/09 - Updated: 2019/05/03
Category Topic: Offbeat News - Academic Publications

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Synopsis: Sonya Thomas, The Black Widow food eating competition champion, times and records.

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Sonya Thomas, also known as The Black Widow, fastest food eating competition champion times and world records.

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The Black Widow Devours 181 chicken wings:

South Korean-born Sonya Thomas, known as "The Black Widow" in food eating competitions, recently won a championship by devouring 181 spicy fried chicken wings in just 12 minutes in Buffalo. "That's 5.17 pounds of wings," said Brian Kahle, spokesman for the annual Labor Day weekend event in the city where Buffalo wings were born. 43-year old Sonya Thomas is 5 foot tall and weighs just 105 pounds!

Sonya Thomas also holds records in eating oysters, hard boiled eggs, cheesecake and jalapeno peppers and began to participate in food eating events in 2003. The Black Widow's currently holds 38 World Records for 35 different foods. Some of her Food Eating Feats and Times are:

After eating the 181 chicken wings Thomas claimed to be hungry and showed up at the Ridiculously Hot Buffalo Wing Eating Contest, and ate 20 more wings. "The hottest wings!" she stated. "I had to drink a lot of water."

Sonya Thomas, "The Black Widow" Website: www.sonyatheblackwidow.com

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