I simply don't believe this contest was fair or objective. I think it is simply PC gone crazy. I can't prove any of this but C'Mon!

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/19/science/19google.html?_r=1

By KENNETH CHANG
Published: July 18, 2011

As a budding inventor and scientist, Shree Bose, in second grade, tried to make blue spinach. In fourth grade she built a remote-controlled garbage can. In eighth grade she invented a railroad tie made out of recycled plastic and granite dust, an achievement that got her to the top 30 in a national science competition for middle school students.