--- title: Woman Goes Viral for Winning Cotton Candy Eating Contest description: A woman has gone viral after schooling her male opponent in a cotton candy eating contest for the Chinese tv show, 'I'm the Winner.' canonical: https://time.com/5205923/woman-wins-cotton-candy-eating-contest-internet-reactions/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-19T18:36:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:28.936Z og:title: Woman Goes Viral for Winning Cotton Candy Eating Contest og:description: Major skills og:url: https://time.com/5205923/woman-wins-cotton-candy-eating-contest-internet-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58017bbd7fa604e1/69892b42ab6d770f626b223e/woman-wins-cotton-candy-eating-contest-internet-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Pink cotton candy being held up against a clear blue sky og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Woman Goes Viral for Winning Cotton Candy Eating Contest twitter:description: Major skills twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58017bbd7fa604e1/69892b42ab6d770f626b223e/woman-wins-cotton-candy-eating-contest-internet-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Can't Get Enough of This Woman Obliterating Her Male Opponent in a Cotton Candy Eating Contest > Sponsored content. 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There is no cost and no subscription requirement. by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Mar 19, 2018 6:36 PM UTC  Pink cotton candy in hand on blue sky with copy space Pink cotton candy in hand on blue sky with copy space Pannonia—Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Mar 19, 2018 6:36 PM UTC A woman has gone [viral](http://time.com/5027497/top-10-viral-moments-2017/) after effectively destroying her male competition, then celebrating her victory with the utmost insouciance during a cotton candy eating contest. A clip of Chinese tv show _I’m the Winner_ showing the intense competition between this hero of a woman who was hosting the show and her hapless opponent/co-host was shared to Chinese social media platform Weibo; according to [_Buzzfeed_](https://www.buzzfeed.com/kassycho/an-qi?utm%5Fterm=.abOpW2koj#.gyKpJN3rz), the clip has been watched more than 16 million times on [Weibo](http://time.com/4829771/china-censorship-weibo-streaming/) since it was first published. The momentous feat was then shared on Twitter, where it garnered plenty of admiration and awe from the collective minds of the Internet, who took to social media to share their feelings about it. > [](https://twitter.com/DelightDestiny/status/974140198694010880) > [](https://twitter.com/holly%5FbourneYA/status/974577400766967808) > [](https://twitter.com/GoogieBaba/status/974664809353531397) > [](https://twitter.com/bethrevis/status/974760041810153472) > [](https://twitter.com/ttaraaratt/status/974903565402587136) > [](https://twitter.com/IneffectiveMath/status/974770142205890570) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5205923/woman-wins-cotton-candy-eating-contest-internet-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5205923/woman-wins-cotton-candy-eating-contest-internet-reactions/"},"headline":"The Internet Can't Get Enough of This Woman Obliterating Her Male Opponent in a Cotton Candy Eating Contest","datePublished":"2018-03-19T18:36:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:28.936Z","description":"Major skills","url":"https://time.com/5205923/woman-wins-cotton-candy-eating-contest-internet-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58017bbd7fa604e1/69892b42ab6d770f626b223e/woman-wins-cotton-candy-eating-contest-internet-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58017bbd7fa604e1/69892b42ab6d770f626b223e/woman-wins-cotton-candy-eating-contest-internet-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Pink cotton candy being held up against a clear blue sky","caption":"Pink cotton candy being held up against a clear blue sky","creditText":"Pannonia—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5205923/woman-wins-cotton-candy-eating-contest-internet-reactions/","name":"The Internet Can't Get Enough of This Woman Obliterating Her Male Opponent in a Cotton Candy Eating Contest"}}]}] ```