Rebecca Sealfon
Reuters/Rich Wilkin
You obviously have to be pretty bright and extremely dedicated to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
But does that lead to future success?
For the most part, yes. Among the winners, there are lots of graduates of top schools, and plenty of successes.
Unsurprisingly, many of them go into brainy professions, becoming doctors and lawyers. But there are some pretty unusual choices too, from a Web entrepreneur, to a voice-over actor, and a professional poker player.
One became a prominent journalist and was part of a newspaper team that won a Pulitzer prize.
Click here to see where the champs ended up>