December 31, 2003

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  Sonya Thomas holds her first-place trophy for eating 18 hot dogs in 12 minutes at the regional preliminary contest in New Jersey. Thomas set the women's record at the Nathan's Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest on Coney Island in New York City July 4 with 25 hot dogs.

  
  

   

  
  

  105-Pound Woman Crowned Fruitcake Champ

  
  

   

  
  

  
  

  BUFFALO, N.Y. - A 105-pound woman was crowned Fruitcake Champion after swallowing nearly five pounds of the treat in 10 minutes, beating her closest rival — a man almost four times her weight — by a single bite.
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  "My jaw is very tired right now," Sonya Thomas said Tuesday after out-eating 405-pound Eric Booker of Long Island by one-eighth of an ounce.
  

  
  

  Despite her size, Thomas, 36, is no lightweight on the professional eating circuit.
  

  
  

  She's eaten 43 tacos in 11 minutes to claim victory in the World Champion Chicken Taco Eating Contest. She also holds the female world record for eating 24 hot dogs in 12 minutes and for eating 68 hard-boiled eggs in 8 minutes.

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