13-year-old wins eating contest against grownups

by Nicole Weston, Posted Aug 24th 2006 @ 3:31PM

A 13-year-old girl in the U.K. beat several grown men in a corn-on-the-cob eating contest this week, setting a British record in the process. Emily Cotterill consumed 26 ears of corn in 20 minutes, watching while "male opponents began vomiting and dropping out." Her parents seemed proud of their daughter's achievement, and her father even remarked that he considered entering the contest, but did not think he would stand a chance against Emily.

Emily said that she felt a little ill after the competition, but it soon passed. She also noted that she probably wouldn't be eating corn again anytime soon, but did not make a comment indicating whether or not she was interested in pursuing a career as a competitive eater in the future.

At least she was eating something relatively healthy, and not brats or hot dogs.

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Filed Under: Food Oddities, Super Size Me, Ingredients
Tags: britain, british isles, child, competitive eating, contest, corn, corn on the cob, CornOnTheCob, eating, eating contes, england, europe, gir, grownup, oddities, record, super size me, uk, vegetables

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8-29-2006 @7:54PM Bob said... That's amazing. Once I ate three ears of corn, but it gave me absolutely horrible farts for a week, so it wasn't worth it.
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8-29-2006 @7:55PM Joy Dillion said... We complain when all the news is bad. Now we complain when the news is trivial? What next!

And one ear of corn is one standard serving per weight watcher's program. So who can't eat just one.... are you kidding!
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8-29-2006 @8:00PM Zoe said... For #'s 3 and 20

May be trivial and not newsworthy, but it obviously caught your attention just the same! ;)

I honestly have to wonder about what healthy eating habits this child is learning though.
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8-29-2006 @8:08PM Flo said... I can't believe that anyone would want to eat that much corn. I mean think about it. How good for you can it be? It comes out the same way it goes in.
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