Photo: Illinois Eighth Grader Wins National Geographic Bee

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2006 National Geographic Bee champion, Bonny Jain, holds aloft an oversize check on May 24. The Illinois 12-year-old was awarded U.S. $25,000 in scholarship money and a lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society.

Photograph by Mark Thiessen © 2006 National Geographic

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