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No theatrical flourishes for Anamika Veeramani. She kept her hands behind her back and rattled off the letters of every word she was given — until she was crowned the spelling bee champion.

The 14-year-old girl from North Royalton, Ohio, won the 83rd Scripps National Spelling Bee on Friday, acing the word medical word "stromuhr" to claim the winner's trophy and more than $40,000 in cash and prizes.

Anamika became the third consecutive Indian-American bee champion, and the eighth the last 12 years.

The year-old North Royalton eighth-grader won a national title Friday when she captured the 83rd Scripps National Spelling Bee Championship.

The year-old North Royalton eighth-grader won a national title Friday when she captured the 83rd Scripps National Spelling Bee Championship.

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Anamika Veeramani, a year-old speller from North Royalton, Ohio, won the Scripps National Spelling Bee Friday night.

Anamika Veeramani was a year-old eighth-grader at Incarnate Word Academy in Parma Heights when she won the 83rd Scripps National Spelling.

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It's a run that began when Nupur Lala won in 1999 and was featured in the documentary "Spellbound."

Anamika was one of the favorites among the 273 spellers who began the three-day competition, having finished tied for fifth last year.

She stood deadpan while the audience cheered, not cracking a smile until the trophy was presented.

There was a three-way tie for second. Adrian Gunawan, 14, of Arlington Heights, Ill.; Elizabeth Platz, 13, of Shelbina, Mo.; and Shantanu Srivatsa, 13, of W