'Black Widow' Scarfs 181 Wings to Win Contest

Sonya Thomas is no chicken when it comes to wings. She managed to wolf down 181 chicken wings—4.9 pounds—in a mere 12 minutes to break the record and win a Buffalo, NY, eating contest. Thomas, 43, of Virginia, went neck and neck with Joey Chestnut, billed as America's No. 1 eating champion, until she gobbled ahead. The diminutive diner—who stands a mere 5 feet tall and weighs 105 pounds—calls herself the "Black Widow" because she often makes mincemeat of male rivals. She claimed she was "still hungry" after the eat-a-thon, notes AP. That was just "an appetizer," she quipped.
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