BUFFALO, New York (AP)
Sonya Thomas consumes 5.17 pounds of chicken wings.
The 105-pound competitive eater who goes by "The Black Widow" bested a dozen beefy rivals Saturday night, scarfing 173 wings in 12 minutes to win the wing-eating contest at the National Buffalo Wing Festival.
"That's 5.17 pounds of wings," said Brian Kahle, spokesman for the annual Labor Day weekend event in the city where Buffalo wings were born.
Thomas, 40, of Alexandria, Virginia, also held the festival's previous record of 161 wings in 12 minutes, set in 2004.
Runner up, Max Boyce was only able to eat 4.8 pounds of chicken wings, and angrily left the contest vowing to win next years' title.
"She's the crowd favorite," Kahle said. "It was 12 huge guys and her."
