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Size Zero Mom Trounces Big Boys in Eating Competition

Juliet Lee swears she never practices

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(Newser) – Juliet Lee only eats one meal a day—but sometimes it’s a really big meal. The 44-year-old, who weights in at 100 pounds, is the 11th ranked competitive eater in the world, but she swears she never practices. The talent comes entirely from her one-meal-a-day habit. “It’s natural,” she tells the Washington Post, “If I ever start training, they going to be really scared of me.”

Her competitors don’t buy that. “She’s lying,” says Tim “Gravy” Brown. “Everybody who’s semi-decent in this sport trains in some way.” That’s not the only beef some have with Lee. Some have questioned her eating ethics ever since she left sodden hamburger buns on the table in one competition. “They say I hide food in my bra,” she says, laughing. “They just don’t like to lose to a woman.”

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Eric "Badlands" Brooker, 40, left, and Juliet Lee, 43, compete at the first-ever Elephants & Humans six-minute hot dog bun eating competition at Coney Island, July 3, 2009.   (AP Photo/Yanina Manolova)
Juliet Lee, 43, one of the three competitors at the first-ever Elephants & Humans six-minute hot dog bun eating competition poses at Nathan's Famous at Coney Island in Brooklyn, July 3, 2009.
Juliet Lee, 43, one of the three competitors at the first-ever Elephants & Humans six-minute hot dog bun eating competition poses at Nathan's Famous at Coney Island in Brooklyn, July 3, 2009.   (AP Photo/Yanina Manolova)
Juliet Lee, 43, competes in the first Elephants & Humans six-minute hot dog bun eating competition, July 3, 2009.
Juliet Lee, 43, competes in the first Elephants & Humans six-minute hot dog bun eating competition, July 3, 2009.   (AP Photo/Yanina Manolova)
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alkaseltzersammich
Oct 13, 09 1:42 PM CDT
She's probably going to have a heart attack in a few years. Reply
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Reader64481089
Oct 13, 09 1:55 PM CDT
OK, now this is where I crack up: "Tim “Gravy” Brown. “Everybody who’s semi-decent in this sport trains in some way.” ...When the hell was this ever announced as a "sport"? And is it also to be included in the Olympics? I can see the young ladies from Brazil on the beach in thongs diving into a tub of hot dogs on ESPN?....Damn. now my head hurts again.....
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alkaseltzersammich
Oct 13, 09 2:07 PM CDT
Well, many things are considered sports. Hell, some people are calling poker and professional gaming a sport.
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yummines
Oct 13, 09 1:50 PM CDT
i lol at this. why is it always the skinny person that eats the most and the fastest? it probably has something to do with metabolism but i still find that ironic... Reply
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LibertyMan
Oct 13, 09 1:58 PM CDT
Looks to me like Momma could win some beauty contests as well. Reply
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