Indian American kids maintained complete dominance by winning the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee contest for the eighth year in a row.

With this year's success, young Indian-Americans have won as many as 14 of the past 18 contests and the eighth year in a row.

As many as 25 Indian-Americans have made it to the list of 49 semi-finalists of the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee

The girls who succeeded include Himanvi Kopuri, Nikitha Chandran, Vanya Shivashankar, Neha Seshadri, Shobha Dasari and Vismaya Kharkar.

Nearly 50 Indian-Americans will vie to maintain their dominance in the prestigious National Spelling Bee competition in the US.