National Spelling Bee Champion - Kavya Shivashankar from

Some commentary about the spelling bee -

From Midwest Voices

Kavya Shivashankar of Olathe, the Scripps National Spelling Bee champion, gives Kansas a welcome national reputation boost.

From Pet Rock: The Pop Culture Blog

Get a look at some of the words in the final round these kids were asked to attempt to spell:

phoresy
menhir
Maecenas
sophrosyne
isagoge
guayabera
ophelimity
oriflamme
bouquiniste
antonomasia
diacoele
reredos

Seriously, these are words? These aren't words. These are those security captcha code words that make you turn your head in nine different directions trying to figure out if that's an "r" or an "f" or an "a" or an "n."

That's funny!

Here's the zinger -

(also from Pet Rock: The Pop Culture Blog)

She won it by spelling her last name. Just kidding!