A Tucson woman scored the third place prize in this year’s Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog-eating contest.
Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco is the senior manager of Youth Services at the Volunteer Center of Southern Arizona. In Nathan’s 2021 hot dog-eating contest, she became the Women’s World Champion.
Major League Eating, which includes the sport’s governing body, ranks Lesco as the world’s 10th-best competitive eater.