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

Sudo has won 10 of the last 11 competitions.

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 11th title and break her own world record.

The 39-year-old has won 10 of the last 11 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

Miki Sudo ate a record 51 hot dogs during the 2024 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. In doing so she broke her own record of 48.5 hot dogs and buns, which was set during the 2020 contest. In her 10 wins her lowest winning total was 31 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
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
Hot Dogs	51 in 10 minutes	Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest	July 4, 2024

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.

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Heading into the 2025 contest, Sudo and Wehry are listed at number three and four on the official Major League Eating rankings.

Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry are two of the best eaters in the world. / MLE.com

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. With Joey Chestnut back in 2025, the contest results could be tough to swallow for at least one of these eaters.

UPDATE: This article was updated to include the results from the 2024 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest.

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