Carlene LeFevre

Carlene LeFevre (born c. 1943)[1] is a competitive eater from Henderson, Nevada.[2] She and her husband, Rich, were dubbed the "First Family of Competitive Eating" by George Shea, co-founder of Major League Eating.[3][2] The couple has combined to take two of the top seven places in Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in 2003, 2004,[2] and 2005.

Biography

LeFevre grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and met her husband Rich at a square dancing club in Daly City, California.[2] They married around 1974.[3] She has worked as a substitute elementary school teacher, aerobics instructor at a Richard Simmons-affiliated gym, and a Mary Kay cosmetics saleswoman.[2]

Her first notable gastronomic achievement was finishing a 72-ounce steak from the Big Texan steakhouse in Amarillo, Texas in 1985. [1][4][2] The restaurant promised a free meal for anyone who could finish the steak in under an hour.[2] She has bested the Big Texan's challenge on more than ten occasions since then, and one such event was filmed for the Ripley's Believe It Or Not television program[5] in 2000. The LeFevres started entering eating contests the following year. Since then, they have competed in numerous competitions around the United States. LeFevre has also competed in a buffet contest in Japan. While she has placed high in many contests, the only contest she has won that was not a qualifying contest for Nathan's was a posole contest in New Mexico in November 2004, during which she ate 109.75 ounces (3,111 g) in 12 minutes.[6] Her trademark technique is called the "Carlene Pop," in which she bounces up and down while eating to get the food to settle.[6] She is called "The Madam of Etiquette" for her relative degree of decorum while consuming mass quantities of food quickly.

In addition to their appearance on Ripley's, [1] the couple have also appeared on The Tonight Show,[7] the Donny & Marie,[1] a buffet contest on the Travel Channel, The View and Outlook on BBC. In February 2003, she was ranked 8th in the world, but fell to 9th by October.[5][1] She announced in 2017 that the Fourth of July Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest was her final hot dog eating contest.[3][8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Di Dio, Deana. "Henderson man's gastronomic feat polishes off corn dog contest" (October 6, 2003), Las Vegas Review Journal.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Petrocelli, Crystal. "Nevada couple is a force in world of competitive gorging", Get Out Arizona.
  3. 1 2 3 Grossman, Connor. "Talking steaks—and grabbing burgers—with the over-70 'First Couple' of competitive eating" (July 14, 2017), Sports Illustrated.
  4. ↑ Wanser, Brooke. "Henderson man savors winning Las Vegas qualifier for hot dog-eating contest" (April 22, 2017), Neon.
  5. 1 2 Silver, Kate."Eat, Eat, Man, Woman" (February 1, 2003), Scope Magazine.
  6. 1 2 Carlene LeFevre, International Federation of Competitive Eating.
  7. ↑ Verini, James. "Eat to Win" (August 21, 2003), LA CityBeat.
  8. ↑ "Hot dog eating contest: hall of fame, Nathan's Hot Dogs.
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