The Imperial County Office of Education hosted the 19th Annual Spelling Bee Thursday.

The event was held at the Jimmie Cannon Theater for the Performing Arts on the campus of Southwest High School. The winner is Carina Beltran, a seventh grader at St. Mary's School in El Centro. Carina won by correctly spelling the word OBNOXIOUS. Carina will now represent Imperial County in Washington, D.C.