Sameer Mishra wins the Scripps 2008 National Spelling Bee
Sameer Mishra holding the Scripps 2008 National Spelling Bee trophy.
Samir Mishra of Lafeyette, Indiana wins the Scripps National Spelling Bee 2008 after spelling guerdon.
Sameer spelled the winning word was Guerdon without much stress.
This was Sameer's fourth year in the competition. His best previous finish was 14th in 2006. He wins $35,000 in cash plus more than $5,000 in other prizes in the 81 years of the championship. He is 13 years old.
A record 288 spellers were entered in this year's bee; the 45 semifinalists were the survivors from Thursday's preliminary and quarterfinal rounds. Twelve spellers advanced to the finals, which was aired live on ABC.
The top there were Sidharth Chand (Second), age 12, of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., his first year at the bee and third Tia Thomas, 13, of Coarsegold, Calif. She was one of only two five-time repeaters at this year's bee. Last year, she finished eighth.
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congratulations sameer.
Oh big fucking deal, $35,000 in cash, my god that's a lot, that's what I earn every three months with this fucking site.
Prameya should hire this kid to fix all his spelling errors.
I love your sense of humor, Laurent.
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