Food critic, founder of Atlanta G Spots, and competitive eater Grace stands tall at 5’2″ and weighs in at 110 lbs (no, she’s not related to Intern Kyle.) She can even eat more than NFL and NBA players – she finished a seven pound taco in an hour, and the players couldn’t even finish half of theirs! After the event, one woman with a newborn came up to her with a newborn and said “you literally just ate my baby.”
Bert wants to sponsor Grace in the world-famous Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating contest – the qualifying round is in Georgia! But there’s a catch…Grace is a slow eater (though she can PACK it away), and here’s the real kicker: she’s allergic to almost everything she eats!
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Grace checks in with us – after winning yet another eating competition – and talks training for the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest!
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Her response to it all? “…if Atlanta stands behind me, I will give it 1000% of my effort!”
Grace is in studio with us to do a test run of the hot dog eating…two minutes, 10 hotdogs – can she do it? The Nathan’s Hotdog Contest is July 4 in New York – head on over to majorleagueeating.com to register to qualify & be a contestant!
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After learning about the other competitive eater, does Bert Regret picking Grace Lee?
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“Maneater” Grace Lee is back from the qualifying round in Charlotte…did she make it through to the actual competition?
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Grace is about to head to New York for the Nathan’s Famous hotdog eating contest, where she’ll go up against 98-pound champion, Sonya Thomas, the “Black Widow” (eek!). How’s she feeling?
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Update: Grace Lee is back in studio post-eating competition…
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and tells us why she thinks she was robbed of the competition prize money she deserved!
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Check out the AJC coverage of Grace, and then watch her Nathan’s Famous chow down skills:
Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Competition from Khalil Kemp on Vimeo.
Now Grace’s controversy (she was knocked down from eating 24 hotdogs to 4 hotdogs) has been picked up by the New York papers! Check out the coverage in the NY Daily News , the UK’sThe Morning Starr, and on Fox Sports.
