 "Ananya Vinay, spelling bee contest, winner, Indian American")
The 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee witnessed yet another exhilarating win when a 12-year-old Indian- American from California, Ananya Vinay, spelt the winning word. Ananya seized every opportunity and eventually got the best of her steely 14-year-old eighth-grader from Edmond, Oklahoma opponent, Rohan Rajeev.
By rattling off a nebulous cluster of mind-boggling words to spell, Ananya made it to the top with a gentle and confident demeanour. She won the prestigious contest after correctly spelling the winning word, marocain.
Ananya looked stunned, and then burst into tears in her dad's arms #spellingbee
