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Six year old Lori Anne Madison, the youngest person to ever qualify for the National Spelling Bee says she says she knew the word that she misspelled. But she was too tired, and too bored from the long wait to get to the microphone.

Lori Anne Madison, a 6-year-old second grader from northern Virginia, was the youngest competitor ever to participate in the National Spelling Bee until she was eliminated at the end of Wednesday’s second round. NBC’ Kristen Welker reports.

Six year old Lori Anne Madison, the youngest person to ever qualify for the National Spelling Bee says she says she knew the word that she misspelled. But she was too tired, and too bored from the long wait to get to the microphone.

Lori Anne Madison, a 6-year-old second grader from northern Virginia, was the youngest competitor ever to participate in the National Spelling Bee until she was eliminated at the end of Wednesday’s second round. NBC’ Kristen Welker reports.

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Lori Anne Madison, the youngest speller at the National Spelling Bee, held a press conference Thursday and spoke about just missing the semifinals.

Six year old Lori Anne Madison, the youngest person to ever qualify for the National Spelling Bee says she says she knew the word that she misspelled. But she was too tired, and too bored from the long wait to get to the microphone and too stressed out to concentrate.

A 12-year-old spelling bee whiz from St. John's came close to victory on Thursday at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Maryland. Jennifer Mong was one of 50 students who made it to the semifinals but she was eliminated after incorrectly spelling vellon. Mong added an 'e' to the end of the word.According to Merriam-Webster, the official dictionary of the spelling bee, vellon is defined as debased silver, especially when alloyed with considerable copper.Mong made it to the sixth round after correctly spelling 'lymphopoiesis' which is related to the formation of white blood cells.Mong was one of only two Canadians the other was 12-year-old Mignon Tsai of Abbotsford, B.C. to advance to the semifinals. Tsai didn't make it out of the fifth round when she was tripped up by 'macropodid.'There were 278 spellers competing for the title. They were reduced to 50 for the semifinals, and to nine who made the final round.In March, Mong qualified for the Scripps National Spelling Bee by winning the 2012 Postmedia Canspell National Spelling Bee.The event aired on CBC s Spelling Night in Canada. Her Canadian title came with a $7,500 prize.Mong is a student at MacDonald Drive Junior High in St. John's.Six-year-old Lori Ann Madison, of Woodbridge, Va., the youngest contestant in the history of the National Spelling Bee, reaches for the microphone during the second round, Wednesday, May 30, 2012, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Va., takes her seat as the youngest speller in the National Spelling Bee, before competing in the Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Wednesday, May 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Mignon Tsai, 12, of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, reacts as she misspells a word during round five of the semifinals at the National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, May 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Lena Greenberg, 14, of Philadelphia, waits to compete in the National Spe

May 30: Lori Anne Madison, the 6-year-old who became the youngest-ever competitor in the National Spelling Bee, did not qualify for the semifinals but made history none-the-less. NBC s Lester Holt reports.

Lori Anne Madison, a 6-year-old second grader from northern Virginia, was the youngest competitor ever to participate in the National Spelling Bee until she was eliminated at the end of Wednesday s second round. NBC s Kristen Welker reports.

Lori Ann Madison has become a celebrity at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. As Whit Johnson reports, Madison is the youngest contestant in the competition's history.

Lori Anne Madison, the youngest person ever to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, fails to advance.