I eat 18 pancakes at once!

This Queensland fitness trainer with a sweet tooth has a love of dessert that’s a bite to behold.

While the rest of us save cheesecake and ice-cream for special occasions, Camilla Hamilton devours them for breakfast, lunch and dinner – every day! “I absolutely love anything sweet,” she says. “If it’s got the word ‘cream’ in it, I’m set!”

The 28-year-old from Brisbane says she’s always been a big eater, but she proved just how ferocious her bite really is when she first won an eating competition at Pancake Manor. The bout is one of the most prestigious on Australia’s competitive-eating calendar.

Camilla ate a whopping 15 pancakes in one hour, then bettered her own record the following year, scoffing three more. She weighs just 50kg. “People are always astounded,” she laughs. “They give me a look as if to say, ‘No way could you eat that much!’”

Camilla thinks her 176cm frame has simply adapted to her love of guilty pleasures. She eats about 3000 calories a day, 50 per cent more than the recommended average. She doesn’t like fruit or vegies and steers clear of almost anything savoury. For breakfast, Camilla will have a caramel slice. For lunch, a slice of cheesecake. Dinner is her biggest indulgence and almost always takes place at Pancake Manor.