![]() Illinois and Ohio sent the most spellers, 18 from each. Round breakdown Ģ78 spellers competed this year, 136 boys and 142 girls. All finalists received a DVD of the 2011 Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite and contestants received a cash prize from Scripps, as well as a CD-ROM of Webster's Third New International Dictionary. Her school received a plaque from Scripps. Scripps Company, a $2,500 savings bond from Merriam-Webster, a $5,000 scholarship from the Sigma Phi Epsilon Educational Foundation, $2,600 in reference works from Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., and an online language course and Barnes & Noble Nook from Middlebury Interactive Languages. Nandipati received a $30,000 cash prize, an engraved trophy from the E. ![]() The runner-up was Stuti Mishra from West Melbourne, Florida, who misspelled schwarmerei and was eliminated. She was the fifth consecutive Indian American, to win the competition and, the tenth Indian-American champion in the past fourteen competitions. The winner was 14-year-old Snigdha Nandipati from San Diego, California. The championship finals occurred on May 31, 2012. The 85th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held at the Gaylord National, in Oxon Hill, Maryland (also D.C) from May 27 to May 31, 2012, and was broadcast live on ESPN3. ![]() ![]() Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland Snigdha Nandipati (left), 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion, receives her trophy. ![]()
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