Winning word was ...

Simone Kaplan, a fifth grader from St. Bonaventure shows off her first place plaque after winning the Broward County spelling Bee Tuesday, March 14, 2017. The winning word was 'DORADO". José A. Iglesias El Nuevo Herald

Dorado! Knowing how to spell it earned Simone Kaplan, left, a fifth-grader at St. Bonaventure School, first place at the Miami Herald Spelling Bee in Broward County on Tuesday. Aidan Veghte, an eighth-grader at Pine Crest School, placed second, and Akash Deo, an eighth-grader at North Broward Prep, placed third.

This story was originally published March 15, 2017 at 2:03 PM with the headline "Winning word was ...."

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