Photos: Faces of the National Spelling Bee

As Patrizzia Fox-Beaudet, 10, of Cottonwood, Calif., left, balances her placard from it's string, Vaidya Govindarajan, 14, of Miami yawns at center, as fellow spellers compete during the National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Wednesday, May 30, 2012. At right is Shruti Amin, 14, of Murrieta, California. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)