Kavya Shivashankar, a 13-year-old girl from Olathe, Kansas, won the 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28, 2009.CBS News: Spelling Champ: "I'm Still Really Excited"
Shivashankar beat out 292 other competitors to win the $40,000 prize, spelling the word Laodicean in the final round.CBS News: Spelling Champ: "I'm Still Really Excited"
Words Spelled
- Round 4: ErgasiaScripps National Spelling Bee: Results
- Round 5: KurtaScripps National Spelling Bee: Results
- Round 6: EscritoireScripps National Spelling Bee: Results
- Round 7: HydrargyrumScripps National Spelling Bee: Results
- Round 8: BlancmangeScripps National Spelling Bee: Results
- Round 9: BaignoireScripps National Spelling Bee: Results
- Round 10: HuisacheScripps National Spelling Bee: Results
- Round 11: EcossaiseScripps National Spelling Bee: Results
- Round 12: DiacoeleScripps National Spelling Bee: Results
- Round 13: BouquinisteScripps National Spelling Bee: Results
- Round 14: IsagogeScripps National Spelling Bee: Results
- Round 15: PhoresyScripps National Spelling Bee: Results
- Round 16: LaodiceanScripps National Spelling Bee: Results
Scripps National Spelling Bee Facts
- Formed in 1925
- Run by the E. W. Scripps Company
- Location: Washington DC
- Winner receives $40,000 in cash and prizes
- Open to children aged nine to 15
- Typically runs 15 rounds of competition
- First round is a written test
- 2008 winner: Sameer Mishra
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Won the 83rd Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28, 2009
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Winning word was Laodicean, which means lukewarm or half-hearted with respect to politics or religion, or someone with that attitude
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California Trail Junior High SchoolScripps National Spelling Bee: Kavya Shivashankar
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Says Nupur Lala, the 1999 Spelling Bee champion as her role modelScripps National Spelling Bee: Kavya Shivashankar
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Plays the violin and studies Indian danceScripps National Spelling Bee: Kavya Shivashankar
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Competed in spelling bees since the second gradeScripps National Spelling Bee: Kavya Shivashankar
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Fourth time competing in the Scripps National Spelling BeeScripps National Spelling Bee: Kavya Shivashankar
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Previously placed fourth, eighth and 10thScripps National Spelling Bee: Kavya Shivashankar
