[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Sukanya Roy won the crown at the prestigious Spelling Bee championships in Maryland, U.S. on Thursday evening. The 14-year-old is the fourth Indian-origin student in a row to bag top honours at the event, for correctly spelling the tongue twister ‘ cymotrichous.'
“My heart started pounding, I guess,” Ms. Sukanya said, after winning the championship, considered a coveted prize for students in the U.S.
The difficult word she negotiated relates to wavy hair. “I couldn't believe it. It's just amazing! It's hard to put into
words,” said the Class 8 student of Pennsylvania's Abington Heights Middle School. She was declared winner following the finals among 13 candidates.
The teenager earlier participated in the 2009 and 2010 Scripps National Spelling Bees, tying for 12th place in 2009 and 20th place in 2010.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]P.S: I had been watching the spell bee contest since 2006
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