The Svelte Super Stretchable Stomach Sorority

If you believe that Kate's feat violates the laws of physics and/or biology (and must therefore be a hoax), the objective of this page is to disprove that claim by offering documentation of other slender women who have bested all competitors, male and female, in an eating contest or a restaurant's timed eating challenge.

Sonya Thomas (holder of 22 eating records) including:
- 2005 Feb 12 25 Grilled Cheese Sandwiches in 10 minutes
- 2005 Jan 22 Nine lb. Barrick Burger in 48 minutes
- 2004 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest Third Place - 32 hot dogs sets a female and overall American record
Carlene LeFevre
- 2004 Nov 22 Posole (Hominy Stew) Eating Champion
- 2000 Jan 23 72 oz. steak in 32 minutes from Big Texan steakhouse in Amarillo, TX seen on Ripley's Believe It or Not! (steak also finished by Annette Havard, Tammy Hooker)
Lori Weiss
- 2002 Mar 13 Denny's Beer Barrel Pub 3 lb. burger in 36 minutes (At that pace she could have finished the 96er in about 1:12)
Takako Akasaka 赤阪尊子 (Added 3/2)
Sharon Scholten (VanDuinen)
- 1982 Mar 15 43 chili dogs in four hours at the Rockford (MI) Corner Bar (after a large Mexican lunch)
Lynda Kuerth (picture added 3/23)
- 1978 11 Philadelphia cheese steaks in 90 minutes (see also) at Jim's Steaks (link added 4/16)
- 1977 Jul 12 23 bunless hot dogs in about 3 minutes
- 1977? Banana Split eating record
Laurie Ginden
- 1975 Nathan's Hot Dog Champion (while her total of 15 frankfurters appears modest in the Kobayashi era, it is the apparent maximum from the 70s and 80s) (Added 2/28)