African American wins National Spelling Bee

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(CNN)We have a W-I-N-N-E-R!
Zaila Avant-garde, a 14-year-old from New Orleans, Louisiana, won the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, becoming the first African American contestant to win in 93 editions of the competition.
The only Black winner before was Jody-Anne Maxwell, representing Jamaica in 1998.
Avant-garde triumphed after correctly spelling murraya -- a type of tree -- to clinch the championship. To get there, the teen had to navigate her way through words like "querimonious," "solidungulate," and "Nepeta," a word the teen had to reset on, and let out a joyous jump after her correct spelling.

Avant-garde will receive a $50,000 cash prize.
Thursday night's win is just one in a long list of achievements for the champion.

On Instagram, where she has gained a following of more than 14,000 people, she has shared her victorious journey toward the national spelling bee as well as videos of her playing basketball, impressing her followers with her hoop skills.

In addition to her spelling bee crown, Avant-garde was the Guinness World Records title holder for most bounce juggles in one minute.
According to a video posted on the official Guinness World Records Twitter page, Avant-Garde started dribbling when she was just 5 years old and hopes to one day become a professional basketball player and join the WNBA.

"I think the more that the achievements and triumphs of women are promoted and publicized, the more likely it is that other girls all around the world will see that they can do any and everything that they put their minds to," she said in the video.
The National Spelling Bee competition began with 209 spellers, ranging from 9 to 15 years old, from five countries: the US, the Bahamas, Canada, Ghana and Japan. And 11 contestants entered Thursday night's final.
First lady Dr. Jill Biden was on hand to cheer on the competitors at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.
The event was canceled last year due to the pandemic -- for the first time since World War II.
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chuj said:
wtf is a spelling bee

is english so retarded and americans so dumb that spelling words is a problem for 11-year olds?
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it used to be a nerd's accomplishment to win a spelling bee since the wordlists would devolve into more and more obscure and esoteric words that literally no one ever uses. in [[[current year]]], just being able to type/talk without resorting to 1-letter words and internet acronyms makes one a world champion...
 
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chuj said:
wtf is a spelling bee

is english so retarded and americans so dumb that spelling words is a problem for 11-year olds?
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do they not show ed edd and eddy in poland
 
chuj

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dropdatwat said:
do they not show ed edd and eddy in poland
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we do and the translation was quite lulzy but i didn't get cable tv as a child because my mum had some crazy yuppie ideas about cartoon network
best i could do was to pirate johnny bravo and spongebob from some warez site and watch it on my pc when she wasn't looking
 
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chuj said:
we do and the translation was quite lulzy but i didn't get cable tv as a child because my mum had some crazy yuppie ideas about cartoon network
best i could do was to pirate johnny bravo and spongebob from some warez site and watch it on my pc when she wasn't looking
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Was polish spongebob any good.
 
umkemesik

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chuj said:
wtf is a spelling bee

is english so retarded and americans so dumb that spelling words is a problem for 11-year olds?
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Yes, but not because Americans are dumb, it is our non-phonetic language.

Weight, Sleight, Eight, Height

Read Read. Lead, Lead

Gnome, Knives, Ghost, Through.

Then again you are Polish, so mashing a few keys on the keyboard and eventually a Polish word will pop up.
 
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