Washington, UNITED STATES
Speller Shivashankar lifts the trophy after winning the 2009 National Spelling Bee in Washington
Speller Kavya Shivashankar from Olathe, Kansas, lifts the trophy after winning the 2009 National Spelling Bee in Washington May 28, 2009. Shivashankar correctly spelled the word Laodicean to win. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES EDUCATION SOCIETY)