Is it too early to declare a winner?

We mean on the clothing front. Because Simone Kaplan, Speller 60 and a Florida sixth grader, has catapulted herself into the lead in the sartorial category.

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Simone is wearing black leggings, a Queen Bee dress and Bee-dazzled shoes. In fact, she has enough bee attire that she's worn bee clothing every day this week.

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Oh, and she also spelled "abbot" correctly. It's the superior of a monastery for men.

Simone was here last year, too, where she tied for 189th place.

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