Just wanted to share that I, too, once won a spelling bee

Zaila Avant-garde wins 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee, becoming bee’s first African American champion

Had to make sure you saw this. Just wanted to share. Also wanted everyone to know I won a spelling bee when I was in elementary school and had two second-place finishes (who cares that it was only against fellow second- and third-graders in my small school), so I’m gonna have to take credit for this:

From this piece:

Avant-garde spelled “murraya” correctly to win the competition, after conquering words such as “retene,” “ancistroid” and “depreter” over multiple rounds. Upon her win, Avant-garde, who is also a talented basketball player with three Guinness World Records in dribbling, jumped up and down and let out an excited shout as confetti rained down on the stage.