Zaila Avant-garde | |
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| Born | February 9, 2007 Harvey, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Speller, basketball player, juggler |
Zaila Avant-garde (born February 9, 2007) is an American speller, basketball player, and juggler. She won the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee. She is the first African-American contestant to win the bee and is the second Black winner, after Jamaica's Jody-Anne Maxwell.[1]