Wing Bowl

January 30, 2004 9:16 AM

Forget the Super Bowl. In Philadelphia all eyes are on the Wing Bowl, where 20,000 (often) drunk (mostly) men filed into the Wachovia Center beginning shortly after dawn this morning, a workday, to ogle thong-clad Wingettes and cheer on the eaters. This year's winner: Sonya Thomas, a 105 lb. woman, who knocked off 2-1 favorite and four-peat reigning champ El Wingador by gobbling 167 buffalo wings in 34 minutes. The event is huge. Miss Thomas is not.
posted by stupidsexyFlanders (16 comments total)

I've heard that thin people have more room for their stomachs to expand versus big people.

I find all eating contests kind of gross, but that's me.
posted by tommasz at 9:37 AM on January 30, 2004

For all you competitive eating fans, Thomas also holds the records for eating hardboiled eggs, fruitcake, hamburgers, pulled pork sandwiches, and tacos...
posted by Gilbert at 9:39 AM on January 30, 2004

I bet she craps like a bear.
posted by ColdChef at 10:23 AM on January 30, 2004

I love this. What "sport" are the big sweaty hairy oafs who previously dominated this kind of contest going to turn to now to validate their body type? Competitive Cannonball Splashing?
posted by soyjoy at 10:53 AM on January 30, 2004

Got just a little bit of hostility there, soyjoy?
posted by jammer at 12:03 PM on January 30, 2004

Ever seen the Wing Bowl, jammer?
posted by soyjoy at 12:08 PM on January 30, 2004

All this gurgitation fad, I just don't know what to think. I mean, I'm not religious, but it just seems like our culture is just based on taking each one of the seven "deadly sins" and turning them into sporting events!
posted by Pollomacho at 12:49 PM on January 30, 2004

Sonya Thomas, a 105 lb. woman, who knocked off 2-1 favorite and four-peat reigning champ El Wingador

Looking at the pic, I'm giving 2-1 odds that she's also bulemic.

Anyone?
posted by ZenMasterThis at 12:51 PM on January 30, 2004

The caption in the Black Table piece is priceless:

This is Sonya Thomas. She can eat 43 soft tacos in 11 minutes. She is currently single.

I hate to say it: But I'm pretty sure she swallows.
posted by thanotopsis at 12:57 PM on January 30, 2004

ZenMasterThis: I'm guessing you don't think the same thing about this guy, or do you?

Also, here's Sonya's site.
posted by O9scar at 1:15 PM on January 30, 2004

i find competitive eating is pretty disgusting and ridiculous, albeit rather harmless. maybe i'm too PC (as if that actually means anything), but at least it's another good reminder that we have more than enough food to feed the world. shame on us for not solving the hunger problem yet.

competitive fucking, now that's something i'd pay to see. i'm not sure how you'd win, however ....

aren't most of the competitive-eating champs thin folks these days? it always seems like a 100-lb. asian wins most of these events.
posted by mrgrimm at 1:44 PM on January 30, 2004

competitive fucking, now that's something i'd pay to see

What about all the porn stars that have the sex marathons that end with them being packed in ice?

I think between that and other "sports" and "reality TV" all sever are covered.
posted by Pollomacho at 2:10 PM on January 30, 2004

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posted by roboto at 3:30 PM on January 30, 2004

Umm, hmm, aren't there like people starving to death all over the world? And people are celebrating gluttony contests?

Am I the only that sees something wrong with this picture?
posted by fenriq at 4:13 PM on January 30, 2004

Nope, fenriq, you aren't. I find it obscene, to be honest. But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.
posted by RylandDotNet at 6:15 PM on January 30, 2004

Na...I'm with you guys on the obscene thing...
posted by dejah420 at 7:28 PM on January 30, 2004