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The World Pie Eating Championships ended in on Friday because the pies were too . A worker made a and ordered pies that were the size. The pies used in the contest were as big as they should be. The competition's pies got delivered to a nearby divorce . The competition was stopped because the rules had been broken. The pies should be a of 12cm and a depth of 3.5cm. The meat and potatoes should be no than of 1cm. A part-time fitness instructor had the fastest eating time of 42.6 .

The World Pie Eating Championship has been held in Wigan, England, 1992. It started with competitors trying to eat meat and potato pies as as they could. However, government healthy-eating changed that, so now eat just one pie as quickly as they can and as many pies as they can. In 2006, a pie was added after a from the Vegetarian Society. In 2005, there were because the pies were not from Wigan, and in 2007, disaster happened when the ran out of .

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