The Black Widow, the queen of competitive eating has devoured her own record on swallowing down 45 hotdogs and buns in 10 minutes.
The Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest on Coney Island in New York has been a tradition for 97 years.
Yes, the Black Widow has done it again.
Sonya Thomas won the woman's event at the annual hot dog eating contest in Brooklyn's Coney Island.
Along with the hot dogs, she receives $10,000.
And, Joey Chestnut ate his way to a sixth straight win at the Fourth of July hot dog eating contest at Coney Island on Wednesday, downing 68 hot dogs, to tie his personal best.
Last year, the 28-year-old San Jose, Calif., man nicknamed "Jaws" won with 62 hot dogs. This year Joey beat his main rival by 16 dogs, inhaling all 68 in 10 minutes in the sweltering summer heat to take home $10,000 and the mustard yellow belt.
The "Black Widow" has done it again.
She has gobbled down 183 chicken wings in 12 minutes to break her own world record set last year (181wings) in Buffalo, New York. Sonya Thomas took home first place at the 10th annual National Buffalo Wings Festival on Sunday. She beat Joey "Jaws" Chestnut, who came in second with 174 wings.
Sonya Thomas is called the Black Widow becomes she usually beats male competitors in eating contests.
The Black Widow has lured more victims into into her web.
Sonya Thomas, has won a moo npie eating competition in Caruthersville, Missouri.
Thomas collected $1,500 for devouring down 38 moon pies in eight minutes.
Sonya Thomas holds 38 world records in competitive eating for cheesecake, chicken wings, eggs, lobsters, tater tots, and Turducken.
She also has beaten Joey Chestnut in a previous competition.
The video has very little to do with Sonya Thomas, but it explains what moon pies are all about.
Known as the Black Widow of eating contests, Sonya Thomas ate 181 chicken wings in 12 minutes, gobbling up the national championship record in Buffalo.
"I'm so happy!" Sonya Thomas declared, she had just finished 4.86 pounds of chicken wings to win the contest, beating Joey Chestnut at the ninth annual National Buffalo Wing Festival.
Buffalo, New York, is suppose to be the birthplace of the wings, typically fried and covered in tangy vinegar and hot sauce.
Chestnut, who just licked the rib eating competition in Sparks Nevada a few days ago, is America's No. 1 professional eater.
He was favored to win Sunday's competition. He came in second after eating 169 chicken wings, or 4.55 pounds.
This was the first time Thomas, of Alexandria, Va., and Chestnut, of San Jose, Calif., faced off in a chicken wing eating contest. They went at it "neck and neck," said Drew Cerza, the founder of the festival.
"They pushed each other really hard," Cerza said. "Joey is so strong. He's got great jaw strength. But Sonya's so fast with the hand."
Thomas, who's 5 feet tall and weights 105 pounds, calls herself the Black Widow because she often defeats bigger male competitors - Chestnut is 6-foot-2 and weights 230 pounds - in eating contests. She set the previous wings record in 2005, when she ate 174 in 12 minutes.
She also holds eating records for oysters, hard-boiled eggs, cheesecake and jalapeno peppers.
The 43 year old Black Wdow said she owed the win to her fancy finger work.
"Sometimes if I try to chew too much I slow down," she said. "I used my hands more than the mouth."
Smothered in Buffalo sauce, she said she was still hungry afterward, calling the wings "an appetizer." About an hour later, she made a guest appearance in the Ridiculously Hot Buffalo Wing Eating Contest and ate 20 more.
"The hottest wings!" she said. "I had to drink a lot of water."
