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21-time Emmy winning actor LeVar Burton will host 94th Scripps National Spelling Bee in June 2022 for its televised semifinals…
Scripps National Spelling Bee winner Zaila Avant-garde has earned another honor: a full scholarship offer to Louisiana State University.
Avant-garde, 14, America's brand-new, home-schooled spelling bee champ, has got the esteemed giving her all the social-media flowers.
Zaila Avant-garde, 14, became the first African American winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee and only the second Black…
But even among the more well-rounded spellers who will compete Thursday in the ESPN-televised national finals, Zaila Avant-garde stands out.
The winner, Arvind Mahankali, who hails from Queens, N.Y., won by correctly spelling "knaidel," a Yiddish word for "dumpling."