Who is Miki Sudo? Everything to Know About the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest Contender

Sudo has won nine of the last 10 competitions.
Sudo won the 2023 Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest.
Sudo won the 2023 Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest. / ESPN

Miki Sudo is the defending Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest champion in the women's competition. One of the best competitive eaters in the world, Sudo will put her mustard yellow belt on the line on the Fourth of July as she tries to win her 10th title and break her own world record.

The 38-year-old has won nine of the last ten women's competitions at the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest and has never lost. Sudo has been involved in competitive eating since 2013 and has been at the top of the sport ever since.

Miki Sudo hot dog eating record

A lot. Sudo ate a record 48.5 hot dogs during the 2020 contest. Her lowest winning total was 31 hot dogs in 2019.

Sudo has been unbeatable since she took down Sonya Thomas in 2014, with the exception of the 2021 contest, which she missed while pregnant. In addition to owning the world record for most hot dogs eaten in the women's contest, she holds records for consuming a number of different foods. 

What records does Miki Sudo hold?

Sudo has been setting records since early in her career and has set nine in her career.

Food

Record

Location

Date

Kimchi

8.5 pounds in 6 minutes

Fortune Bay Resort Casino

August 11, 2013

Vanilla Ice Cream

16.5 Pints in 6 minutes

Indiana State Fair

July 13, 2017

Wild Rice Hotdish

14lbs in 8 minutes

Fortune Bay Resort Casino

June 22, 2019

Hot Dogs (Women's Division)

48.5 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes

Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest

July 4, 2020

Corn Dogs (5.6oz)

21 corn dogs in 8 minutes

Clowndog Hot Dog Parlor

October 1, 2022

Steamed Fish Balls

368 in 8. minutes

Thailand Food Kingdom

August 4, 2023

Steamed Pork Buns

39.5 in 8 minutes

Thailand Food Kingdom

August 5, 2023

Cheese Slices

348 in 8 minutes

Thailand Food Kingdom

August 6, 2023

Glazed Donuts

87 in 8 minutes

Thailand Food Kingdom

August 6, 2023

Is Miki Sudo married?

Sudo is married to fellow competitive eater Nick Wehry. The pair met at the gym the morning of the 2018 hot dog eating contest. A year later they started dating. In 2021 Wehry, a former bodybuilder, set a world-record by eating 50 hard-boiled eggs in three minutes and four seconds. When he finished he dropped to one knee and proposed to Sudo.

Later that year Sudo missed the Nathan's contest because she was pregnant with their son Max. Wehry also has two children from a previous relationship.

Heading into the 2024 contest, Sudo and Wehry are listed at number three and four on the official Major League Eating rankings.

Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry’s MLE rankings.
Sudo and Wehry are the third and fourth ranked eaters in the world. / Major League Eating

With Joey Chestnut missing this year's contest there's a legitimate chance both husband and wife win their respective events. Sudo is obviously the favorite in the women's competition while Wehry finished just four dogs behind No. 2 ranked eater Geoffrey Esper in 2023.


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