Miki Sudo wins Nathan’s hot dog eating women’s competition
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USA: Returnee Chestnut wins hot dog eating contest title again
Joey Chestnut devoured 70.5 buns and sausages in ten minutes. US American had won the competition in Coney Island every year since 2016. Miki Sudo once again won the women’s competition. She had won every competition since 2014 with the exception of 2021.
Legendary American hot dog eater Joey Chestnut (41) has secured his 17th title in his comeback at the traditional New York hot dog eating contest on US Independence Day. In ten minutes, Chestnut devoured 70.5 buns and sausages in front of thousands of cheering spectators at the spectacle in front of the Coney Island amusement park by the sea in southern New York.
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The record set by Chestnut 2021 at the spectacle is 76 hot dogs – just under eight per minute. The US American had won the competition in Coney Island every year since 2016 – last year, however, he was excluded from the eating contest due to a sponsorship dispute. In his absence, the US American Patrick Bertoletti had won, coming second this time with 46.5 hot dogs.
Defending champion Miki Sudo once again won the women’s competition – even though she fell far short of her record of 51 hot dogs last year with 33. The US-American Sudo was the big favorite in the women’s competition. She had won every competition since 2014 with the exception of 2021 – when she was pregnant and did not take part.
8 (mostly) gross photos from the 2025 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest
8 (mostly) gross photos from the 2025 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco competes for the women’s title. Patrick Berttoletti competes in the men’s competition at Nathan’s Annual Hot Dog eating Contest on July 4, 2025.
Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco competes for the women’s title during the 2025 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating competition. ANGELA WEISS, AFP Via Getty Images
Miki Sudo competes for the women’s title during the 2025 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating competition. ANGELA WEISS, AFP Via Getty Images
Miki Sudo wins the women’s title at the 2025 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating competition. ANGELA WEISS, AFP Via Getty Images
Contestants compete for the men’s title during the 2025 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating competition. ANGELA WEISS, AFP Via Getty Images
Patrick Berttoletti competes in the men’s competition at Nathan’s Annual Hot Dog Eating Contest on July 4, 2025 in New York City. Adam Gray, Getty Images
People compete in the men’s competition at Nathan’s Annual Hot Dog Eating Contest on July 4, 2025 in New York City. Adam Gray, Getty Images
Joey Chestnut competes in the men’s competition at Nathan’s Annual Hot Dog Eating Contest on July 4, 2025 in New York City. Adam Gray, Getty Images
Photo: July 4th Nathan’s Hot Dog Contest in New York
Joey Chestnut wins the championship and regains his title eating 70 hot dogs and buns. Miki Sudo won for the Women’s championship with 33 hot dogs. The 109th Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest on July 4, 2025 on Coney Island in New York City.
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July 4th Nathan’s Hot Dog Contest in New York
Commissioner of Major League Eating George Shea announces Miki Sudo as the Women’s champion in the 109th Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest on Independence Day, Friday, July 4, 2025 on Coney Island in New York City. Joey Chestnut wins the championship and regains his title eating 70 hot dogs and buns and Miki Sudo won for the Women’s championship with 33. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
Joey Chestnut Regains Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest Title After Being Banned Last Year
Joey Chestnut ate 70.5 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win the contest. Last year, Chestnut was not allowed to compete in the contest after he struck a deal with the vegan food brand Impossible Foods. His only defeat in competition at the contest since 2007 came in 2015 in a loss to Matt Stonie by a count of 62-60.
Chestnut ate 70.5 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win the contest, beating the next closest competitor Patrick Bertoletti, who won the contest in 2024 in Chestnut’s absence and who ate 46 hot dogs this year.
Nathan’s also held a women’s contest that was won by Miki Sudo with 33 hot dogs a year after she ate a record 51.
Chestnut set the all-time record for the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in 2021 with 76 hot dogs. His only defeat in competition at the contest since 2007 came in 2015 in a loss to Matt Stonie by a count of 62-60. .
Last year, Chestnut was not allowed to compete in the contest after he struck a deal with the vegan food brand Impossible Foods. Chestnut told The Associated Press last month that he had never appeared in any commercials for the company’s vegan hot dogs and that Nathan’s is the only hot dog company he has worked with. But Chestnut acknowledged he “should have made that more clear with Nathan’s.”
In lieu of appearing at Coney Island last year, Chestnut participated in an exhibition contest with Army soldiers at Fort Bragg in Texas, where he ate 57 hot dogs in five minutes. Two months later, he faced off against his longtime rival, Takeru Kobayashi, in a Netflix special and came out victorious in the Japanese competitive eater’s final contest.
2025 Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest: Live updates, highlights as Miki Sudo claims 11th title, Joey Chestnut returns
The 25th annual Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest got underway Friday. Miki Sudo won the women’s event after consuming 33 hot dogs in 10 minutes. Now, it’s up to 16-time champion Joey Chestnut to follow suit. Chestnut is a heavy odds favorite to win the men’s competition at -1800 at DraftKings Sportsbook. He will be making his return to the field after a one-year ban for his partnership with Impossible Foods, a direct competitor with Nathan’s.
Miki Sudo stormed away with the win on the women’s side Friday, though didn’t turn in a record-breaking performance. Sudo won the event after consuming 33 hot dogs in 10 minutes. She defeated runner-up Michelle Lesco by over 10 hot dogs. Lesco finished with 22 3/4 hot dogs.
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With the win, Sudo has now won the event in 11 of the past 12 years. The one year she missed out, Sudo did not take part in the competition due to her pregnancy.
Now, it’s up to 16-time champion Joey Chestnut to follow suit. With the women’s competition finished, the men are set to take the stage soon.
It marks a return to the competition for Chestnut, as the Major League Eating star faced a one-year ban thanks to his partnership with Impossible Foods, a direct competitor with Nathan’s Famous. Now, he’ll make his return to the field and look to break his own record of 76 hot dogs in 10 minutes at the annual event. Technically, his own personal record is a bit higher, having eaten 83 hot dogs in a competition of his own last year while on the outskirts, head-to-head against Takeru Kobayashi. He is a heavy odds favorite to win the men’s competition at -1800 at DraftKings Sportsbook.
With Chestnut out of the field in 2024, Patrick Bertolette took home the win with 58 total hot dogs in 10 minutes. He holds the second-best odds to win this year’s competition at +1000, though Chestnut, notably, has exceeded that total in all but one of his 16 wins at the event.
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Date: Friday, July 4
Time: 10:45 a.m. ET (women’s competition); 12 p.m. ET (men’s)
Location: Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY
TV channel: ESPN2
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