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115-lb woman wins Illinois hot dog-eating contest BLOOMINGDALE, Ill. — Michelle Lesco is petite, but the 115-pound competitive eater still managed to gobble down more than 28 hot dogs — and buns — to win an eating contest in suburban Chicago. The Arizona native won Saturday's qualifiers for the July 4 hot dog-eating contest at New York's Coney Island. The competition in Bloomingdale, about 20 miles from Chicago, was one of more than a dozen preliminary rounds before the main event.
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