This young lady, braces and all, completely, disarmingly adorable.

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This young lady, braces and all, completely, disarmingly adorable. Jul 9, 2021 10:51:28 GMT -5

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Post by fkaJimmySee on Jul 9, 2021 10:51:28 GMT -5

Her father gave her the last name "Avant-garde" to honor John Coltrane.

www.nytimes.com/2021/07/09/us/zaila-avant-garde-spelling-bee-winner.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

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This young lady, braces and all, completely, disarmingly adorable. Jul 9, 2021 11:01:04 GMT -5

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Post by HenryJ on Jul 9, 2021 11:01:04 GMT -5

Louisiana newspaper article

For those without an online subscription to the NY Times, above is an article from nola.com, which is the online version of the New Orleans Times-Picayune/Advocate.

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This young lady, braces and all, completely, disarmingly adorable. Jul 9, 2021 11:04:43 GMT -5 via mobile fkaJimmySee likes this

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Post by Mfitz804 on Jul 9, 2021 11:04:43 GMT -5

These spelling bee kids are incredible, the amount of time they put in and the knowledge base they have about word origins just amazing.

Congrats to this young lady, who should have zero concern about whether or not her braces mitigate against her being adorable (they don’t).