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• Christin Engleberth is a 12-year-old sixth grader from San Antonio, Texas, whose drawing "A New Beginning" was chosen by a panel of judges as the best entry in the annual Doodle 4 Google contest.CNN: No need to Google 'Engelberth'... (May 20, 2009) Design Taxi: NEWS: Doodle 4 Google Competition Winner Announced (May 20, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: about 1997CNN: No need to Google 'Engelberth'... (May 20, 2009)
  2. Attends Bernard Harris Middle School in San Antonio, TexasPC Magazine:Sixth Grader Wins Google Logo Contest (May 20, 2009)
  3. Her entry was selected from over 28,000 submissionsDesign Taxi: NEWS: Doodle 4 Google Competition Winner Announced (May 20, 2009)
  4. Nearly 6 million people voted onlineDesign Taxi: NEWS: Doodle 4 Google Competition Winner Announced (May 20, 2009)
  5. She won $15,000 college scholarship, a laptop and a $25,000 technology grant for her schoolCNN: No need to Google 'Engelberth'... (May 20, 2009)
  6. Finalists were chosen in three grade groupsCNN: No need to Google 'Engelberth'... (May 20, 2009)
  7. Three other national finalists: Miriam Lowry (grades K-3); Blakeley Linz (grades 7-9); Emerald Lu (Grades 10-12)Design Taxi: NEWS: Doodle 4 Google Competition Winner Announced (May 20, 2009)

• Doodle for Google

  Engelberth's doodle featured a land and seascape with trees, a frog, a lizard, a turtle, a fish and a butterfly. She says her idea is dawn, seen as a symbol of a new day. She hopes that "out of the current crisis, discoveries will be found to help the Earth prosper once more."CNN: No need to Google 'Engelberth'... (May 20, 2009)

  She was given her award at the Smithsonian Institution's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.CNN: No need to Google 'Engelberth'... (May 20, 2009)

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