14 DAY TRIAL // Morgan Pozgar, a thirteen-year-old, won the LG National Texting Competition that took place on Saturday at Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan.
Having the minimum age in order to be able to compete, Morgan entered the eight semi finals being the media's favorite. The girl won over 200 other competitors by writing "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" in only 15 seconds. Thus, she overtook the West Coast Champion Eli Tirosh, 21 years of age, who is a law student in Los Angeles. Tirosh wore a boxing robe at the finals, but this did not bring her the speed and accuracy necessary for her to defeat the thirteen-year-old teenage girl.
Few people know the meaning of the word which brought Morgan the big prize. It actually expresses a person's stunning ability of handling difficult situations and talking its way out of trouble. It's meaning generally stresses on its fantastic and unbelievable side. It was used in the musical film 'Mary Poppins', in one of the character's songs. Morgan Pozgar said that she trained for the contest by sending more than 8,000 text messages a month to her friends and family. 'It's all about the thumbwork', she said, awarding her success to self-control and relaxation.
All other contestants that did not win the US Texting Champion title were granted consolation prizes. Far from being an easy competition, many contestants declared that the pressure was difficult to bear. The cameras always focusing on them may have been part of the nervousness problem, but keeping in mind the large sum of money they were competing for was surely the main one.
The first prize brought Morgan Pozgar $25.000, which she plans on spending on clothes and education.