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Ananya Vinay is the big winner of the 90th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee! The 12-year-old from Fresno, California, won by spelling “marocain” – a type of dress fabric of ribbed crepe. Ananya is the 13th-consecutive Indian American to win the competition and the 18th of the previous 22 winners to have Indian heritage.
