The 14-year-old spelling dynamo spoke with ET on the red carpet at
on Saturday, outside The Rooftop at Pier 17 at the Seaport in New York City, and she opened up about the big win. When Avant-garde ended the spelling competition with the word"murraya" on June 8, she made history asWhen asked if the monumental importance of that had sunk in yet, Avante-garde admitted,"It sunk in even before it ever happened."
She went on to say she hopes to inspire more young people of color in the future, sharing,"I was hoping that it would happen because to be the first African-American speller, I'm hoping in the few years once you give kids time to train and stuff, that I can see some more top placing and winning African Americans."For Avant-garde, being a world-class speller isn't the only passion the young New Orleans native has driving her.
While Avant-garde has already established herself as a role model for so many other young people, there was one athlete at Saturday's star-studded show that the young speller was most excited to possibly meet.," Avant-garde gushed. "My father had told me about her awhile ago, and we've been kind of following her [carreer]. She's the one I'm really interested in meeting.
Keep up the good work baby girl
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