25-01-2019 11:00 via theguardian.com

Experience: I’m a professional competitive eater

I hold Wing Bowl’s record for eating 501 chicken wings in 30 minutes. In 2018, my prize was $5,000 and a Hyundai SonataA lot of people can’t believe what I do for a living. I don’t fit the profile. I’m 5ft 7in and weigh 120 pounds. But I can eat 48 slices of pumpkin pie in 10 minutes and get paid for it.I stumbled into competitive eating. In 2012, I was working in a bar in Nebraska and its restaurant had a challenge: if you ate its 5lb (2.2kg) hamburger, which is about th
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