VIDEO/SLIDESHOW | His secret: A Philly cheesesteak

Chicken wings were on the menu this evening at the Hooters Cherry Blossom Wing Fling wing-eating contest at the Macon Downtown Airport. The wing-eating contest was one of several events to take place at the Cherry Blossom Balloon Fest and Air Show. About 10 contestants were pulled from the crowd after successfully shouting "Hooters makes me happy" as loud as they could. The guys - and one woman - had five minutes to eat as many wings as they could. Some of them seemed to take it all in stride, but there were a couple who looked like they might be sick at any moment. Thank goodness that didn't happen - at least not in public anyway. The winner, a man named Randy, who is pictured here, ate 33 wings in five minutes. When Frank Malloy asked Randy what his secret was, he responded that he had prepared by eating a Philly cheesesteak sandwich not long before the contest!

CLICK HERE TO VIEW PHOTOS OF THE CONTESTANTS AS THEY COMPETE FOR THE TITLE OF WING-EATING CHAMPION.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO OF THE CONTESTANTS INHALING CHICKEN WINGS.