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"  Among other exciting Independence Day traditions, Fourth of July&amp;#039;s holiday festivities include the annual Nathan&amp;#039;s Hot Dog Eating contest. In 10 minutes of gluttonous grossness, competitors try and eat as many hot dogs as possible. Why? Because &amp;#039;murica, fuck yeah. (Also, because the contest&amp;#039;s winner takes him $20,000, a ceremonial wrestler&amp;#039;s belt, and a serious case of indigestion. Competitive eating is a serious &amp;quot;thing&amp;quot; these days, after all.) Widely considered the best competitive eater out there, Joey Chestnut won his eighth title in the chow-down contest today. He also won himself a bride, proposing to his girlfriend Neslie Ricasa (via TMZ, with video!) shortly before the hot dogs were served up. Though I was not there, I would imagine the scene played out as follows: &amp;quot;Neslie, my love, will you marry me?&amp;quot; &amp;quot;OMG, wait, what?&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Actually, can you hold that thought for a little while so I can go stuff my face and then some with 61 HOT DOGS*&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Umm ... Sure?&amp;quot; One big check and lots of hot dog burps later though, there&amp;#039;s a happy ending! She said yes! (In all fairness, Neslie accepted the proposal before knowing Chestnut would be making bank this July Fourth again, so their love is ~**true.)  *Yes, Chestnut ate 61 hot dogs in 10 minutes this afternoon. And that&amp;#039;s not even his best effort; in a previous showing he downed 69. Photo credit: Kena Betancur / Getty Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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