While Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest was canceled for the men, the women’s was held on Tuesday, with Miki Sudo being declared the winner on the Fourth of July at Coney Island.

Sudo defended her championship title by eating 39 and the famous contest before a storm led to a cancellation of the men’s competition. Sudo initially thought she ate 37 hot dogs. However, after a judge’s count, it was revealed that she ate at such a speed that some of the hot dogs she consumed were not counted. Her final count was 39 and a half in just 10 minutes.

“It was too close to call. The judges were having trouble keeping up” MC George Shea told an anxious crowd awaiting the results. “At the end of the day, one of these eaters had 39.5 and the other had 33.5.”

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The second and third place went to Mayoi Ebihara and Michelle Lesco respectively. Ebihara ate 33 and a half hot dogs and Lesco ate 24 and a fourth hot dogs.

Who is Miki Sudo?

Miki Sudo has won nine Nathan’s titles. She is 37 years old and from Port Richey, Florida, and holds a world record for eating six hot dogs in one minute. “39 is a low number I’m sorry you guys!” Sudo said. “I would not have left a partial hot dog on the table.”

Sudo had initially planned to eat 50 hotdogs today but the heat and humidity appeared to take their toll on all of the contestants. Her personal best stands at 48 hot dogs.

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She unseated Sonya Thomas in 2014 who had won the women’s competition since its inception in 2011.

She was born to a European American mother and a Japanese father. When she was five years old, she moved to Japan with her family and lived there for seven years before returning to the US.

Sudo was unable to compete in 2021 when she was pregnant. However, she returned last year to reclaim her throne and has been undefeated since.