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Her father Neelanga works in IT security and her mother Shiromi is an accountant.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Nishi Uggalle, 12, from Manchester won Channel Four&#8217;s Child Genius last night<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Series saw Britain&#8217;s brightest youngsters compete to be named cleverest child\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Explained she was keen to dispel stereotypes that girls are not good at maths<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Viewers were &#8216;gobsmacked&#8217; as she correctly spelled the word neurohypophysis<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #333399;\">A 12-year-old girl with an IQ higher than Einstein was crowned the winner of Channel 4&#8217;s Child Genius 2019 on Saturday after impressing with her exceptional spelling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #333399;\">Dubbed the &#8216;human calculator,&#8217; Nishi Uggalle, from Manchester,\u00a0who attends a top grammar school, correctly spelled the word neurohypophysis to run away with the title.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #333399;\">Her Sri Lankan parents\u00a0Neelanga Uggalle,\u00a0who works in IT security and is a Vice President in Barclays Bank,\u00a0and her mother Shiromi Jayasinghe who works as an accountant, watched on from the audience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #333399;\">The Stephen Hawking superfan inspired viewers with her feminist attitude, and used her acceptance speech to celebrate women in science, technology, engineering and mathematic subjects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #333399;\">&#8216;I was clapping when Nishi won,&#8217; enthused one viewer. &#8216;So deserved, self-motivated and excellent,&#8217; while another added: &#8216;I sat gobsmacked watching Nishi on Child Genius. 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Well done to her.&#8217;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-33809 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Nishi-Uggalle-2-600x332.jpg\" alt=\"Nishi Uggalle\" width=\"600\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Nishi Uggalle, 12, from Manchester, was crowned Britain&#8217;s brightest child last night and widely praised for her acceptance speech, in which she said she wanted to prove girls could do mathematics\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-33810 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Nishi-Uggalle-1-600x363.jpg\" alt=\"Nishi Uggalle\" width=\"600\" height=\"363\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>She &#8216;gobsmacked&#8217; viewers as she went head-to-head with fellow competitor William, 11 in a lightning buzzer round\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Viewers said the Stephen Hawking was &#8216;wonderful&#8217; and &#8216;magic&#8217;, after she took the Child Genius trophy\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #333399;\">In the first round of the final last night, Nishi achieved an incredible score of 16 out\u00a0 of 20, and flew through to the head-to-head nail-biting finale.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #333399;\">Cheered on by her parents, she competed against 11-year-old William Harwood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #333399;\">It featured a quick fire buzzer round which included questions across an array of topics including science, mathematics and spelling.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #333399;\">While her competitor&#8217;s were behind on a score of five, Nishi reached the vital 10 point-mark first by spelling the word neurohypophysis &#8211; meaning she was crowned this year&#8217;s Child Genius.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-33811 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Nishi-Uggalle-3-600x340.jpg\" alt=\"Nishi Uggalle\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Nishi stunned viewers with her &#8216;human calculator&#8217; style and lifted the trophy after dominating the final round of the competition\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-33812 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Nishi-Uggalle-5-600x344.jpg\" alt=\"Nishi Uggalle\" width=\"600\" height=\"344\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Child Genius winner was cheered on through each stage by her Sri Lankan parents. Neelanga Uggalle (left) works in IT security and is a Vice President in Barclays Bank, while her mother Shiromi Jayasinghe works as an accountant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-33813 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Nishi-Uggalle-4.jpg\" alt=\"Nishi Uggalle\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Pictured, 12-year-old\u00a0Nishi constantly surprises her father Neelanga Uggalle with her knowledge. Above, she can be seen teaching him the theory of quantum physics\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">And she followed her win with an inspiring acceptance speech that touched heart&#8217;s across the nation. Explaining her reason for entering the intelligence competition, the genius told the audience:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">&#8216;It&#8217;s been really incredible and William put up an incredible fight. One of the main reasons I entered myself in the competition was to show that there are a lot of stereotypes about girls not being able to do maths or physics for example,&#8217; she began. &#8216;I&#8217;d like to show that that&#8217;s not true at all.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">And viewers were stunned by the little girl&#8217;s attitude.\u00a0&#8216;You&#8217;re a\u00a0star and inspiration to all young girls!&#8217; one commended the youngster. &#8216;Some of the other contestants could have learned from your humanity.&#8217;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Another simply penned: &#8216;Bravo Nishi absolutely deserved. As you&#8217;ve proved &#8211; this girl can.&#8217;\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #333399;\">Hundreds of children applied from across the UK, with a total of 19 appearing across the Channel 4 programme.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #333399;\">When Nishi initially put herself forward for the competition, her parents admitted: &#8216;I don&#8217;t think we call ourselves pushy parents simply because I think Nishi is the pushy one.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #333399;\">But the determined youngster declared:\u00a0&#8216;I&#8217;m going to show girls they can win things and do anything they want to,&#8217; the young girl said as she started the process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #333399;\">And she did just that as the well-deserved praise for the 12-year-old continued late into the evening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #333399;\">&#8216;Awesome Nishi &#8211; well done &#8211; and a really positive message about women in STEM in your acceptance speech&#8217; penned one, while another wrote:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #333399;\">&#8216;Nishi is a star, doing it for the northerners and the girls and doing it off her own back. 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