About
Raina Huang (born October 20, 1994) is an American competitive eater and Internet celebrity, known for eating large quantities of food despite her diminutive size.
Huang was born in Los Angeles County, California, and is of Chinese descent; In 2019, she was living with her parents in the small town of Walnut, California.
Huang attended University of California, Riverside where she studied business. She then dropped out to pursue competitive eating and social media influencing career. Her father works in information technology and she has a younger sister.
She was also the first female chef for Benihana.
Huang attributes her ability to eat large quantities of food to her small stature, explaining that too much abdominal fat prevents the stomach from expanding.
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.
She posts videos of her eating challenges to various social media platforms, having approximately 2.9 million followers.
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