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Raina Huang
Raina Huang (born in 1994[1] ) is an American competitive eater and Internet celebrity, known for eating large quantities of food despite her diminutive size. Personal lifeHuang is of Chinese descent;[1] in 2019, she was living with her parents in the small town of Walnut, California.[2] Before turning to competitive eating, she attended UC Riverside, where she studied business. Her father works in information technology and she has a younger sister.[3] She was also the first female chef for Benihana.[2] Competitive eatingHuang attributes her ability to eat large quantities of food to her small stature, explaining that too much abdominal fat prevents the stomach from expanding.[2] She has been competing since around 2017 after being challenged to eat a four-pound burrito. To prepare, she fasts and exercises before a challenge, often not eating on the day of. In 2022, it was reported that she was doing around 100 eating challenges a year.[4] She posts videos of her eating challenges to various social media platforms, having approximately 2.9 million followers.[5] In addition to humans, she has also competed against animals; one challenge seeing who could eat more salad, Huang or a giant rabbit. Huang won the competition, admitting that she rarely eats salad outside of competitions.[1][6] She has faced some backlash over her efforts from businesses; she was kicked out of a Colorado pizzeria in 2019, the owner suspecting she was trying to "scam" the restaurant. The video of her being asked to leave was posted to her social media channels; despite the negative comments from the owner, she wished them well.[7] See alsoReferences
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