Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest: Love at first bite for the competitive eating couple as they both prepare for the Fourth of July competition

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) — The 4th of July is approaching and we are preparing for fireworks and frankfurters.

Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest airs on ESPN2.

Taking part in this competition is the power couple of competitive eating: Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry!

They actually met in the world of competitive eating.

“We like to say that we didn’t choose the eating competition, but that the eating competition chose us,” said Sido.

Eleven years later, she still takes part in competitions because she not only loves good food, but also enjoys traveling, meeting new people and entertaining people.

Her husband Wehry said: “I was a competitive bodybuilder for about ten years and when I stopped, I needed another outlet. My appetite was a running joke and someone said, ‘You can raise money for charity, get free food and win money.’ I’m in, I’m really in!”

“I met the love of my life and we have a beautiful son,” Sudo said.

The couple first met when she introduced herself and asked him to take a photo before an eating contest at the gym where they were training.

A year later, a friend suggested they talk, but Wehry believed it would never happen.

“I thought she wouldn’t pay any attention to me! But luckily she did, and now it continues into the present,” he said.

The couple has an adorable three-year-old son named Max.

They are both winners of many different eating contests. She has won the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest nine times among female competitors! He is the fourth best competitive eater in the world.

He hasn’t taken home the title at Nathan’s yet, but with Joey Chestnut not competing this year, Wehry is hoping he has a chance. Plus, he’s beaten Chestnut before in wing and pistachio competitions.

“If my body cooperates on the day. I’ve been training since January,” he said. “It will be a fight to the death.”

The couple regularly eats hot dogs and gives each other tips.

You can watch them at the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on July 4th at noon on ESPN 2.

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