W-I-N-N-E-R: Kansas girl earns spelling title

May. 28, 2009

Thirteen-year-old Kavya Shivashankar of Olathe, Kan., has claimed the title of the nation's top speller.

Kansas girl, 13, wins 'Bee'

WASHINGTON, May 28 (UPI) -- Kavya Shivashankar, a 13-year-old girl from Kansas, won "The 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee" in Washington Thursday.

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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler

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W-I-N-N-E-R: Kansas girl earns spelling title

Kansas girl, 13, wins 'Bee'