JOEY CHESTNUT AND MIKI SUDO MUST NOW BE FULL OF SHIT

Dog dominance! Joey 'Jaws' Chestnut wins his 12th Nathan's Famous July 4th hot dog eating contest by devouring 71 franks in 10 minutes as Miki Sudo slams 31 to capture her sixth straight women's crown

Daily Mail
July 4, 2019

California native Joey 'Jaws' Chestnut won his 12th Nathan's Famous July Fourth hot dog eating contest by devouring 71 franks in 10 minutes on the Coney Island boardwalk.

Prior to the men's event, Miki Sudo, of Las Vegas , won her sixth consecutive women's title by eating 31 hot dogs. She ate 37 franks last year.

Thursday's top five winners of each gender split $40,000, while he two first-place winners will each earn $10,000.

Thousands gather to watch the spectacle every year, with millions more tuning in on ESPN. Chestnut told ESPN that he drank some water, coffee, and lemon juice to prepare for the contest.

ESPN released a documentary Tuesday featuring the rivalry between Chestnut and his longtime foe, Japan's Takeru Kobayashi, who no longer takes part in the contest.

'The Good, The Bad, The Hungry ' director Nicole Lucas explained the origins of the documentary with The Washington Post . The documentary focuses on three people: Kobayashi, Chestnut, and George Shea, the man who, along with his brother, Rich, turned the Nathan's Famous contest into a major ESPN event.

In particular, the film shows how the sport evolved as Kobayashi gave way to Chestnut, who had the support of the American audience. 'Kobayashi was the man,' Chestnut said in the documentary. 'The other competitive eaters, they thought of him as unbeatable . . . He wasn't an eater. He was a god.'