Shirlyn Prabahar wins Spelling Bee in Bay Area

FREMONT: The 2013 MetLife South Asian Spelling Bee began its 12 city tour this past weekend with the first two events in Los Angeles and Bay Area.

With a huge turnout this year as well, the bee attracted some top talent as well as young and new spellers that competed for the coveted prizes and titles.

“It is very heartening to see that each year we get fresh faces and new talent which is a continuing testimony to our community’s strength in this craft,” said Rahul Walia, Founder – South Asian Spelling Bee.
In LA, Aditya Mishra from Lincoln, CA was the regional champ and Samruddhi Hande from San Diego, CA was the first runner up while Atharva Patil from Irvine, CA was second runner up.

In Bay Area, Shirlyn Prabahar from Fremont, CA was the regional champ and Neel Kovelamudi from San Jose, CA was first runner up while Anwesh Sahu from Fremont, CA was second runner up.

“MetLife congratulates all of the families who took part in this year’s event. We were so pleased to see how many families took part in the LA & Bay Area competition. All the families should be so proud of the skills these children demonstrated,” said Laurel Daring, assistant vice president, Diverse Markets, MetLife.

The winners received cash prizes of $500, $300 and $200 respectively.
Children up to 14 years of age are eligible to participate and the contest saw spellers of even 6 years of age compete and make it past a few rounds. There are 10 more cities on the anvil and for more information and to register your child, please visit www.SouthAsianSpellingBee.com.

The top two winners plus one parent each from every city will be given an all expenses paid trip to NJ on August 17 for the FINALS.

The contest will be telecast globally on Sony Entertainment Television-ASIA.

India Post News Service