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Kavya Shivashankar is winner of the Scripps Spelling Bee 2009 championship making it the second year in a row that a desi kid has been crowned the top speller of America (Sameer Mishra won the title last year).

The winning word was Laodicean, meaning lukewarm or indifferent.

Besides the Spelling Bee 2009 cup, Kavya took home over $40,000 in cash and prizes.

For the 13-years-old Kavya, this was her fourth attempt at winning the top honors in the prestigious Spelling Bee competition.

Kavya Shivashankar’s victory was not a surprise as she was the hot favorite to win the cup this year.

Kavya Shivashankar
(Image: Spelling Bee)

Here is Kavya Shivashankar’s bio from the Spelling Bee 2009 web site:

Kavya enjoys practicing her violin, bicycling, swimming, Continue reading »

Anamika Veeramani is 2010 Spelling Bee Champion

Tamil ponnu (girl) Anamika Veeramani is out of the Spelling Bee 2009 finals.

Anamika was clean bowled by the word fackeltanz.

Anamika Veeramani
(Image: Spelling Bee)

* Speller No. 201, Anamika Veeramani
Age, Grade: 13, Seventh Grade
School: Incarnate Word Academy, Parma Heights, Ohio
Sponsor: The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio

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