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Feb 27

10m 49s

The Eating Contest That Earned Her a Rep...

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On this episode of Our American Stories, some competitions end when the plates are cleared. This one kept going in the form of a nickname. Lindsey Gallant shares the story of being challenged to an eating contest at church and walking away with a legendary nickname, “The Stomach.”

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