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:
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.
Love this kind of story. Her win and your too