Third annual LG U.S. National Texting Championship Winner I ♥ KOREA

The winning phrase was "Zippity Dooo Dahh Zippity Ayy ... My oh MY, what a wonderful day! Plenty of sunshine Comin' my way ... ZippittyDooDahZippityAay! WondeRful feeling, Wonderful day!" which Moore completed flawlessly in less than 60 seconds. The contestants used the new LG enV3 phone, the newest edition in the enV family, which features a full QWERTY keypad. The Fastest, Most Accurate Texter Is Crowned wins $50,000 LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A., Inc. (LG Mobile Phones) hosted the third annual LG U.S. National Texting Championship, which concluded yesterday with 15-year-old Kate Moore from Des Moines, Iowa as the winner. Moore, who sends on average 500 text messages a day, took home the title of the LG U.S. National Texting Champion, along with $50,000 in prize money, after beating out more than 250,000 participants nationally. "When I heard the final phrase, I got so nervous and thought how can I finish that!" said winner Moore. "But apparently, my thumbs are faster than everyone else's! I'm so excited to be this year's champion."

Moore won the title of texting championship after beating step sisters Erin Fink, 15, and Morgan Dynda, 14, both from Pooler, GA. The two sisters and best friends drew gasps from the crowd as they went head to head in a semi-final texting showdown in which Dynda came out on top, placing her in the final round where she competed against Moore.

After Dynda won the first battle of the three round finals, Moore began to tear up. The level of stress increased and the battle became more dramatic. However, Moore remained strong and won the 2nd round. With the final round important to both girls, the one to flawlessly complete the final phrase, fastest, was Moore. When the judges declared Moore the winner, the crowed erupted in cheers as confetti fell to the floor. Moore's mom, in the audience, put her hands to her face and looked shocked as she watched her daughter win the competition and grand prize of $50,000.

The third annual LG U.S. National Championship took place over two days, with the final round and crowning of the winner in New York on June 16, 2009 at the NEP Studios. During the competition, players competed in various challenges, including Text Attack, Blind Texting, Pressure Cooker, and Text and Dodge. In each challenge, the contestants were typing in phrases on their LG enV3's exactly as they appeared on the overhead LG plasma screens with no typos or abbreviations, ultimately trying to be quicker than their opponents.

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[DruggieSweater]

this is sad. instead of using 50,000 dollars for something helpful..we give it to someone who can text fast -_-

[KittenKoder]

I guess real life is dead now.

[komradkolonel]

I watched this for one reason and one reason only and that's because of the host Kristin Adams.

[AlexDiavolo1]

Spoiled bratz! Aside from owning a cell phone they still get $50k ... Can we not throw away money like this please?? Stupid!

[Allovertheplace84]

Why are they all girls?

[vlshhs1]

omgee of course that shit i so easy i know they cant do that with a full touch screen

[TheNateBlurr]

I know Erin Fink and Morgan Dynda. :P

[eugene680]

So having the fastest thumbs in the country is considered talent? By the way, I don't watch very much TV because I'm always active. Not some fat out of shape couch potato who watches sports but don't play them.

[patnclairem]

@DruggieSweater Do you know what Kate did with the money? You obviously must have asked her since you are able to judge her so easily. Anonymous donations to charities in Des Moines, the IRS, 1 laptop and either University of Missouri or Northwestern. That's who gets the money.

[patnclairem]

@eugene680 How on earth do you know what talents Kate Moore does or doesn't have? Do you know her? No. Why do they come up with these kinds of competitions??? Ummmm...marketing? Capitalism? Turn on your tv and half the channels have some reality competition whether they are making cupcakes, jumping on inflatable balls in a swimming pool or texting. All those kids were incredibly intelligent, social, polite and yes, talented.

[misfitsg17]

How is this anything to be proud of?

Its just sad