The Black Widow strikes again. Sonya Thomas, a 45kg woman who earned her nickname by out-eating many of her heavyweight male opponents on the competitive eating circuit, ate 60 ham biscuits on Saturday to win an eating contest at the 16th Annual Virginia State Harley-Davidson Owners’ Group Rally.
The 37-year-old from Alexandria, Virginia, beat out 11 other competitors from the International Federation of Competitive Eating and Harley-Davidson owners from throughout the state.
Her final competition, Eric ”Badlands” Booker, of Copiague, New York, ate 42 ham biscuits. The buttermilk biscuits stuffed with ham are a Southern favourite.
With their cheeks stuffed at the five-minute mark, Booker and Thomas continued to dunk the biscuits into pitchers and cups of water to help speed up the act of swallowing.
”Sometimes the water taste makes me feel a little bit sick,” Thomas said.
In the final minutes, Thomas started hopping, an action she says helps push down the food.
The Virginia rally, which ran from Thursday to Saturday, featured organised motorcycle rides and other events. — Sapa-AP