BREAKING: 105 Pound Woman Gobbles Up 10lb Turkey in 12 mins!

CNN ^ | November 24, 2005; | Reuters

[AZRepublican]

This is considered breaking news only for Turkey day!

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- A day before millions of Americans sit down to eat traditional Thanksgiving dinners, a Virginia woman grabbed the world turkey-eating title on Wednesday by gobbling down a whole roast bird in 12 minutes.

Sonya Thomas, 37, who weighs just 105 pounds (47.5 kg), beat seven men in the annual Thanksgiving Invitational: a race to eat a 10-pound (4.5-kg) turkey.

The smallest in the field, Thomas put her victory down to "swallowing fast."

"It was very dry and the skin was very dry," said Thomas, holding her trophy, a roasting pan, over her head. "I just tried to eat fast."

Venerated in competitive eating circles as "The Black Widow", the Alexandria, Virginia woman said she trained for the event, held at a delicatessen in New York, by chewing gum to get her jaw in top form.

[AZRepublican]

Why does is it seem petites, fly-weights always end up winning eating contests?

[Just mythoughts]

Did she get a black or white X from CNN???

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

Why does is it seem petites, fly-weights always end up winning eating contests?

The biggest eater I know is a 95 lb, 5'-0" woman. I know a lot of big guys who can pack away food, but this gal has them all beat. I think she has a hollow leg or is it just metabolism? All I know, if I ate like her I'd weigh 500 pounds!

[Dallas59]

How much do all the bones weigh? I don't believe it..."You gotta show me"....

[SeeRushToldU_So]

This her in action.

[Reaganesque]

Ms. Thomas's mating call.