MIKI Sudo has been the world’s most successful female competitive eater for more than a decade.
The 10-time champ will be back to defend her title at Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in 2025 — here’s everything you need to know about her.
Who is Miki Sudo?
Born on July 22, 1985, Miki Sudo is a competitive eater from New York City.
In 2014, she defeated Sonya Thomas at the annual Fourth of July Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest and continued to win each year from 2014 to 2020.
In 2021, she missed the competition because she was pregnant, but returned the following year to claim her eighth title after consuming 40 hot dogs and buns.
On July 4, 2024, Miki won the competition for the tenth time.
Outside of her impressive Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest titles, she has also been the Major League Eating's top-ranked female competitive eater since 2014.
Miki holds world records in ice cream — downing two gallons in six minutes — and kimchi — getting through a whopping eight and a half pounds in six minutes.
When she’s not competing, she often updates fans on her life on Instagram, where she has amassed almost 13,000 followers as of June 2025.
When did Miki marry Nick Wehry?
When Miki isn’t training, she can be found spending time with her husband Nick Wehry and their son.
Nick is also a competitive eater, ranked fourth in the world by Major League Eating.
He holds the record for eating the most hard-boiled eggs — 50 in 3.02 minutes.
Prior to the 2022 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, Miki and Nick sat down with ESPN to discuss how they prepared for the performance.
During the interview, they revealed that they try to simulate contest conditions as closely as possible, with one of them practicing while the other is on baby duty.
“We haven’t done a full practice together in a while,” said Miki. “Not since 2019? No, 2020.”
“Usually one of us has to practice and the other one’s on baby duty,” Nick added.
They are the the highest-ranked couple in Major League Eating.
Miki and Nick are known for their YouTube channel, The Hungry Couple, which over 6,000 subscribers as of June 2025.
Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest 2025
Not only will the top dog in female competitive eating be defending her title, but the No 1 male competitor is returning after being ‘banned’ in 2024.
Joey Chestnut was told by organisers he couldn’t compete because of his sponsorship deal with Impossible Foods — a company promoting meat-fee products.
As The US Sun exclusively revealed in June 2024, Joey wasn’t actually banned and was eligible to come back to the contest, but only if he ditched his Impossible Food deal.
Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest MC George Shea told The US Sun: “We would never ban Joey Chestnut — we are not banning him.
“What happened is after 20 years with Nathan’s he signed with a rival brand, a plant-based meat brand which is selling hot dogs which runs into a conflict with Nathan’s.
“As a result that conflict makes it that he can’t [take part on July 4] and that’s always been the case.”
However, he decided against ditching his sponsors and instead appeared at an eating contest against American soldiers held at Fort Bliss, Texas.
But in June 2025, Joey and Major League Eating announced that the 41-year-old will return to compete in the Fourth of July tradition.
