Meet the woman who ate 38 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win competition

Muki Sudo

Defending champion Miki Sudo will hold onto her coveted pink championship belt after winning the women's division of the annual July Fourth hot dog eating contest at Nathan's Famous in Coney Island on Monday. The Las Vegas woman scarfed down 38 1/2 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes to claim the championship title, and the $10,000 that comes with it,  for the third straight year. Sudo, 30, downed 4 1/2 more wieners than prior champion Sonya 'Black Widow' Thomas, 48, of Alexandria, Virginia, who devoured 34 hot dogs. Thomas had held the championship title from 2011 until she lost in an upset to Sudo in 2014.

Sudo told ESPN, which aired the event, she had prepared harder this year because she feared Thomas would try to best her.