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Sunday afternoon, a 60-year-old woman died while competing in the biggest cake eater contest in a Queensland pub in northeast Australia. She had just swallowed a lamington, these Australian cakes made of a cube of sponge cake coated with chocolate and sprinkled with coconut, when she became unwell, indicate local media.

Lamingtons and meat pies

An ambulance was called and the victim was taken to a hospital in the coastal town of Hervey Bay, where he died, according to ABC. She was entered in the contest for the biggest eater of lamingtons and meat pie, organized each year by the Beach House Hotel on the occasion of Australia Day, the national holiday.

In a message posted on Facebook, the staff and management of the establishment offer their "deepest condolences" to the friends and family of the deceased.

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