Indian-American spelling bee contestant
Sukanya Roy is an Indian-American prodigy and a spelling bee contestant who was adjudged and crowned as the winner of the 84th Scripps National Spelling Bee.[1][2]
Biography
Sukanya first took part the Scripps National Spelling Bee during the competition's 82nd edition in 2009 and she was ranked joint 12th place (being tied 12th with another contestant) during her debut competition.[3] She also took part at the 83rd Scripps National Spelling Bee and was placed 20th position in 2010.[4]
Sukanya at the age of 14, won her maiden Scripps National Spelling Bee title in 2011, after having correctly guessed the spelling of the word 'cymotrichous' during the 20th round.[5][6] During the course of the competition, she was sponsored by the Times Leader of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.[7] She was awarded approximately $40,000 in cash and prizes for her performance at the competition.[4] She eventually became the fourth consecutive Indian-American origin to claim the Spelling Bee title during the occasion and she also she became the ninth Indian-American to emerge triumphant at the Spelling Bee within the last 13 years of the competition's history since 1999.[3][8] It was a significant improvement as far as Sukanya Roy was concerned, considering her previous result at the Spelling Bee being a 20th position which came during the 2010 edition. During the time when Sukanya, took part at the 2011 Scripps National Spelling Bee competition, she was studying in grade eight at the Abington Heights Middle School in Newton Ransom, Pennsylvania.[9]
She hailed from South Abington Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. She pursued her passion in hiking, rock climbing and ice skating while also expecting to pursue her career in the field of international relations.[4] She also claimed a prize in an individual section of the northeast Pennsylvania Chapter Mathcounts Competition in 2011.[4]
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