L.A. woman eats 53 habanero chiles in 20 minutes (video)

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A video posted by Mariluz (@mariluz2012) on Jun 22, 2015 at 9:33am PDT

Teresa de Jesus Sandoval was named the champion at the Father’s Day habanero chile eating contest at Chichenitza in Downtown L.A. after scarfing down 53 of the the scorching peppers in 20 minutes.

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