2017 National Spelling Bee

Ananya Vinay is is surrounded by family on stage after she won the 2017 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, June 1, 2017 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. Vinay, 12, from Fresno, Calif., correctly spelled the word marocain to win the Bee. Photo by Pete Marovich/UPI