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Hooters World Wing-Eating Championship Qualifier - Sacramento

Location: Sacramento, CA
Date: 07-14-2012
Winner: Juliet Lee

JULIET LEE EATS 137 HOOTERS CHICKEN WINGS AT THE CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR TO CLAIM THE FINAL SEAT AT THE HOOTERS WORLD WING EATING CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS!

Only one would go on. The 11 eaters who gathered at the California State Fair Promenade Stage in the afternoon twilight on Saturday July 14th, 2012, knew that all but one among their number were going home. Home, to dwell. To dwell on what could have been.

Because they knew that only one of them would claim the final seat on offer at the Hooters World Wing-Eating Championship. Ten minutes later, the news was in: If your name was Juliet Lee, you would live to fight another day.

The ninth-ranked eater in the world called upon her years of experience to fend off stiff competition from Northern Californian amateur standouts Steve Hendry and Erik Franks. It took her haul of 137 Hooters wings in 10 minutes to secure victory—and with it a trip to the finals, to be held at the spiritual home of Hooters, Clearwater, FL, on July 26th. And $500.

FINAL RESULTS Juliet Lee 137 ($500) Steve Hendry 117 ($300) Erik Franks 105 ($200) Yasir 100 Dax 89 Tony the Tiger 86 Tyler Morrow 59 Ken Douglas 49 Mark Garcia 44 John Artal 41 Kayla Rowe 29

The Hooters Wing-Eating World Championship tour kicked off in Augusta, Ga., host city of the Masters Golf Tournament, on April 5 with Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas. Weighing in at a mere 100 pounds, "The Black Widow" is the world's top-ranked female eater and current five-time National Buffalo Wing-Eating Champion.

Hooters held 11 wing-eating qualifiers across the country before crowning the first Hooters Wing-Eating World Champion in Clearwater, FL in late July.

About Hooters Hooters of America, LLC, is the franchisor and operator of over 430 Hooters restaurants in 44 states and 27 foreign countries. The first Hooters opened in 1983 in Clearwater, Florida. Hooters is well-known for its brand of food and fun, featuring a casual beach-theme atmosphere, a menu that features seafood, sandwiches and Hooters nearly, world famous chicken wings, and service provided by the All-American cheerleaders, the Hooters Girls. For more information about Hooters visit www.Hooters.com, @Hooters, www.YouTube.com/Hooters, or www.Facebook.com/Hooters.

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