Home All News Kids Spelling Bee Champ Crowned (Video) All NewsKids Spelling Bee Champ Crowned (Video) By Good News Network - May 29, 2009 Thirteen-year-old Kavya Shivashankar of Olathe, Kan., has claimed the title of the nation’s top speller. Kavya aced the word ‘Laodicean’ Thursday night to win the 82nd Scripps National Spelling Bee. Video below may take a moment to load… Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment.