When I was a child, I won a National Spelling Bee.
OH, You must be from the United States, The National Spelling Bee is an american event. 
Yes. I am. Have you ever taken part in a spelling bee?
. Historically, the competition has been open to, and remains open to, the winners of sponsored regional spelling bees in the U.S. (including territories such as Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, the Navajo Nation, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, along with overseas military bases in Germany and South Korea). Participants from countries other than the U.S. must be regional spelling-bee winners as well.
Contest participants cannot be older than fourteen as of August 31 of the year before the competition; nor can they
Pratyush Buddiga
Pratyush Buddiga (born May 11, 1989) is an American professional poker player and spelling bee champion originally from New Zealand.
Early life.
Buddiga was born in New Zealand and moved to the United States when he was five years old. Two years later he moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado. In 2002, at the age of 13 Buddiga won the 75th Scripps National Spelling Bee after spelling "prospicience" earning him $12,000 and a scholarship. He attended Duke University and graduated in 2011.