Zaila Avant-Garde Is the First African American to Win the National Spelling Bee

Zaila Avant-Garde wins the Scripps National Spelling Bee making her the first Black winner and the first from the state of Louisiana...

Zaila Avant-garde ✨#SpellingBee finalist 🤝 Guinness World Record holder. pic.twitter.com/yiSn6kTCwy

— espnW (@espnW) July 9, 2021

Zaila is a spelling bee competitor, avid chapter book reader, basketball player, and now a Guinness World Records title holder. Oh… and she’s 13! Check out this inspiring young woman for #WomensHistoryMonth https://t.co/kHh3CPBHOw pic.twitter.com/nKvJRCkc3q

— Guinness World Records (@GWR) March 21, 2020