Miki Sudo
American competitive eater
Miki Victoria Sudo (born July 23, 1985) is an American competitive eater. She has been undefeated in the women's competition at the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, with a twelve-year winning streak since 2014, unseating Sonya Thomas, who had won the women's competition since its inception in 2011 (the streak excludes 2021, in which she did not compete because of her pregnancy). She captured a record twelfth title in 2026. She has the current women's record for the contest, with 51 hot dogs eaten, which she did in 2024.
Early life
Sudo was born to a European-American mother and Japanese father. At the age of five, she moved to Japan with her family and lived there for seven years before returning to the United States.
Competitive eating career
Sudo entered the competitive eating circuit in 2013, winning a pho eating contest. In 2014 she became Major League Eating's top ranked female competitive eater, and in 2015 reached the top three overall. She is ranked 3rd in the world with Major League Eating as of 2022, and holds 4 world records in Kimchi, Hotdish, ice cream, and the women's record for hot dogs.
Sudo won her first Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in 2014, upsetting three-time champion Sonya Thomas in the annual July 4 competition.
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