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and this isn't the first eating feat she accomplished.


Woman eats 26 grilled cheese sandwiches

NEW YORK (AP) -- A 100-pound woman ate 26 grilled cheese sandwiches in 10 minutes Wednesday at a New York restaurant, winning the World Grilled Cheese Eating Championship.

Sonya Thomas won $8,000 for the contest at the Planet Hollywood restaurant in Times Square but said she was disappointed in her performance.

"I could have done better," she said, adding that she was aiming for 30 sandwiches.

Thomas, of Alexandria, Va., said she had to catch a train shortly after the contest to make her shift at a Burger King on Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, where she is a manager.

She said she has a naturally big stomach capacity and heavily soaked her sandwiches in water to make them easier to swallow. She said to train she drinks large amounts of water to expand her stomach capacity and practices relaxing her throat.

Thomas, whose normal weight is about 100 pounds, estimated she gained 10 pounds during Wednesday's contest.

It was a close win. Her nearest competitor, Joey Chestnut, ate 25 1/2 sandwiches.

On the eating contest circuit, Thomas is known as the "Black Widow," apparently because she has defeated so many larger men.

She holds numerous world eating records, including 46 dozen oysters in 10 minutes, 11 pounds of cheesecake in 9 minutes, 48 chicken tacos in 11 minutes, 37 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes and 56 hamburgers in 8 minutes.

46 dozen oysters in 10 minutes *vomits*

my hamburger record was only about 8 in 10 minutes.

Although a bit disgusting, some of that is really impressive.

I think it would take me a week to eat 56 hamburgers, nevermind 10 minutes.

Man... whats first prize? A plunger?

I bet she's sexy,scarfing down cheese products like that. I hope there arent any clips on the news I'll see by accident.

I havent yet eaten a total of 37 hot dogs in my life. I hope I never hit that mark.

Think of how pleasant it must be to share a home with her after one of these little contests.

Why do people do this???

Why do people do this???

I'd eat a whole load of sandwiches for eight grand. Heck, I'd do it for free.

After one of those contests I remember someone asking her what she was goign to do next and she said she was going to get something good to eat.

After one of those contests I remember someone asking her what she was goign to do next and she said she was going to get something good to eat.


*L*

You know she has to purge when she gets alone again. I cant imagine digesting that much cheese. Or 46 DOZEN OYSTERS.

I can vomit at will. I'm certain she can too-there is no way you could consume tha tmuch crap and then go to work.

Translation: 7 stone 2 pounds.

Wow.

What I find amazing is that she still only weighs 100 pounds.

I'd eat a whole load of sandwiches for eight grand. Heck, I'd do it for free.

To be honest, to eat that much in such a short time must hurt. Does she throw up once it's all down or what?
You'd have to wave a lot more than just 8000 for me to even try to eat that much.

*L*

You know she has to purge when she gets alone again. I cant imagine digesting that much cheese. Or 46 DOZEN OYSTERS.


Not neccesarily, she might just have a really huge dump when she gets home

To be honest, to eat that much in such a short time must hurt. Does she throw up once it's all down or what?
You'd have to wave a lot more than just 8000 for me to even try to eat that much.

She must throw up afterwards. No one's metabolism is that fast.

Not neccesarily, she might just have a really huge dump when she gets home

After eating that much, chances are she'd be constipated for a month if she didn't throw up.

Not neccesarily, she might just have a really huge dump when she gets home

I'm 220 lbs. I cant imagine digesting that much cheese. I never want to take a 25 cheese sandwich dump.

Oh, that's about 45kg. It's slightly more impressive in metric.

Maybe she's trained her metabolism somehow (unlikely, but an interesting idea).

She must throw up afterwards. No one's metabolism is that fast.

I dont know, the adrenaline of doing somethign really stupid really fast can make something impossible possible.

Like downing seven beers during a single song.

100 pound woman eats 26 grilled cheese sandwiches in 10 minutes.

Have you ever eaten a grilled cheese sandwich? They have little substance...26 really isn't all that impressive.

Have you ever eaten a grilled cheese sandwich? They have little substance...26 really isn't all that impressive.

That must be strange cheese you're having there. I remember it as being very filling indeed.

"Kaese schliesst den Magen" - "Cheese locks up your stomach" is an old German proverb.

That must be strange cheese you're having there. I remember it as being very filling indeed.

"Kaese schliesst den Magen" - "Cheese locks up your stomach" is an old German proverb.


I've always been under the same impression, my self.

I'm not a big grilled cheese sandwich eater myself, but the few I've had in my life (maybe 4?) I remember as being filling.

It might have been really light bread

Have you ever eaten a grilled cheese sandwich? They have little substance...26 really isn't all that impressive.

it wasn't really the grilled cheese that impressed be it was the other foods listed further down in the article. i could only find the grilled cheese article.