The 93rd Scripps National Spelling Bee was the first time that an African-American (Zaila Avant-garde) became the champion and only the second time that the champion was a black person. Only three competitors, all of whom are female, advanced to the fourth round: Thummala, Avant-garde and 13-year-old Bhavana Madini. One such speller, Nihar Janga from Austin, Texas, became the youngest champion in the Bee's history when he won the title in 2016 at the age of 11. Many of the news stories reporting on the 14-year-old’s win mention. Dev Shah won the competition Thursday taking home a 50,000 prize. The 11 finalists of the Scripps National Spelling Bee sit on stage as the Finals begins, during a visit by US First Lady Jill Biden, in Orlando, Florida on July 8, 2021. Scripps National Spelling Bee has crowned a new champion. "I just feel happy about how far I went," said 11-year-old Vivinsha Veduru, after she was eliminated on the word chrysal. The third round, another traditional spelling round, dashed the hopes of three more competitors.
All six sailed through the round, with some taking just seconds to answer. Six competitors advanced to the second round of the final, where they were tasked with answering multiple choice questions about word definitions. The preliminary, quarterfinal and semifinal rounds, which brought the number of competitors from 209 to 11, were all held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. If you havent heard about the Black girl who won the first national spelling bee in the U.S. The bee's final round was the first of this year's competition to be held in person, at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. Zaila Avant-garde, 14, became the first African American to win the 90-year-old Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday by correctly spelling Murraya, a genus of plants, staying cool after a.
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