Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2022 and has been updated.
Of course you know about all of the legends — mostly Joey Chestnut — who have won the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in this century.
But this is a reminder that since 2011, those winners have also included some absolutely incredible eaters who have taken home the title in the women’s hot dog eating contest.
It was that year that Major League Eating started up a separate contest in which the same rules applied — 10 contestants, 10 minutes, all you can eat hot dogs and buns.
So let’s run through those winners.
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2011: Sonya Thomas (40 hot dogs)
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2012: Sonya Thomas (45 hot dogs)
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2013: Sonya Thomas (36 3/4 hot dogs)
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2014: Miki Sudo (34 hot dogs)
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2015: Miki Sudo (38 hot dogs)
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2016: Miki Sudo (38 1/2 hot dogs)
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2017: Miki Sudo (41 hot dogs)
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2018: Miki Sudo (37 hot dogs)
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2019: Miki Sudo (31 hot dogs)
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2020: Miki Sudo (48 1/2 hot dogs)
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2021: Michelle Lesco (30.75 hot dogs)
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2022: Miki Sudo (40 hot dogs)
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2023: Miki Sudo (39.5 hot dogs)
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