A 12-year-old from Fresno, California, has been crowned champion of the Scripps National Spelling Bee contest. Ananya Vinay didn’t come into the bee as the most heralded speller, but she outclassed her better-known competitors and survived a long duel with 14-year-old Rohan Rajeev to win the 90th Scripps bee on Thursday. Ananya’s winning word was marocain, which is a dress fabric of ribbed crêpe

