Kavya

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Joined by her sister Kavya (left) and father Mirle (center)Vanya Shivashankar, 10, of Olathe, Kan., (right) cries on the lap of her mother Sandhya after being eliminated during the semifinals of the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Thursday, May 31, 2012. Kavya was the National Spelling Bee champion of 2009. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)