2011 International Speech Contest Winners
ShareThis
The title of 2011 World Champion of Public Speaking was awarded to Jock Elliott of Bongaree, Queensland, Australia, District 69 (center) for his speech "Just So Lucky." Second- and third-place winners were, respectively, Kwong Yue Yang of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, District 85 (left) for his speech "Fortune Cookie," and Scott Pritchard of Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, District 33 (right) for his speech "Roscoe's Words."
2011 Taped Speech Winners. First Place: Rozmina Rana; Second Place: Okoth Okombo; Third Place: Sonali S. Shah. All three winners are from Nairobi, Kenya. Congratulations!
Conor Cunneen, DTM, has earned Toastmasters International’s prestigious Accredited Speaker title.
Watch the top three winning speeches of 2011.
|
Jock Elliott
"Just So Lucky"
|
Kwong Yue Yang
"Fortune Cookie"
|
Scott Pritchard
"Roscoe's Words"
|
|
|
|
|
Watch highlights of the winning speeches from 2007 to 2010.
District Speech Contest Winners
District speech contest winners advanced to the International Speech Contest Semifinals held on the Thursday evening of the International Convention. The winner from each semifinal contest advanced to the World Championship of Public Speaking held on Saturday.
District winners were as follows (arranged by semifinal speech contest assignments at the International Convention), and the winning speaker from each semifinal is noted in bold.
Semifinal Speech Contest 1
| District 14 |
Anne Michelle Taylor |
Mableton, Georgia |
United States |
| District 15 |
Steven Gale |
Idaho Falls, Idaho |
United States |
| District 25 |
J. Loren Norris |
Justin, Texas |
United States |
| District 30 |
Dwayne Jackson |
Chicago, Illinois |
United States |
| District 34 |
Dorina Garza-Leonard |
Monterrey, Nuevo León |
Mexico |
| District 37 |
Mark Greer |
Gastonia, North Carolina |
United States |
| District 63 |
Stephen Cornwell |
Nashville, Tennessee |
United States |
| District 69 |
Jock Elliott |
Bongaree, QLD |
Australia |
| District 83 |
Lisa Panarello |
Staten Island, New York |
United States |
Semifinal Speech Contest 2
| District 2 |
Omar Rivas |
Woodinville, WA |
United States |
| District 10 |
Larry Szczepanski |
Berea, Ohio |
United States |
| District 39 |
Jeffrey Purtee |
Reno, Nevada |
United States |
| District 52 |
Carlos Guerra |
Monterey Park, California |
United States |
| District 54 |
Merlin Swanson |
Rock Island, Illinois |
United States |
| District 66 |
Rita Moore |
Richmond, Virginia |
United States |
| District 76 |
Naoki Tamura |
Nagoya, Aichi |
Japan |
| District 81 |
Javier Munoz |
Willemstad |
Curaçao |
| District 86 |
Susan Lamb-Robinson |
Mississauga, Ontario |
Canada |
Semifinal Speech Contest 3
| District 9 |
Michael Murray |
Coeur D’Alene, Idaho |
United States |
| District 33 |
Scott Pritchard |
Henderson, NV |
United States |
| District 35 |
Dhanashree Thangaraja |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
United States |
| District 42 |
Kevin Mark |
Calgary, Alberta |
Canada |
| District 43 |
Granard McClendon |
Jackson, Mississippi |
United States |
| District 49 |
Cain Kamano |
Kaneohe, Hawaii |
United States |
| District 67 |
Lital Tou Cohen |
Taipei City |
Taiwan |
| District 71 |
Malachi Talabi |
London |
United Kingdom |
| District 77 |
André Heath |
Petal, Mississippi |
United States |
| District 78 |
Garret Garrels |
Helena, Montana |
United States |
Semifinal Speech Contest 4
| District 1 |
Ali El krim |
Carson, California |
United States |
| District 3 |
Michael Desiderio |
Gilbert, Arizona |
United States |
| District 13 |
Jeff Esper |
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania |
United States |
| District 24 |
John P. Coffey |
Lincoln, Nebraska |
United States |
| District 26 |
Rich Hopkins |
Broomfield, Colorado |
United States |
| District 50 |
Nels Dumin |
Dallas, Texas |
United States |
| District 51 |
Muthukumaran Kodiappen |
Georgetown, Pennang |
Malaysia |
| District 55 |
Scotty Burch |
Austin, Texas |
United States |
| District 85 |
Kwong Yue Yang |
Guangzhou, Guangdong |
China |
Semifinal Speech Contest 5
| District 7 |
Dave Coffman |
Newport, Oregon |
United States |
| District 28 |
Stephanie Coleman |
Saline, Michigan |
United States |
| District 38 |
Sherri Waryasz |
Yardville, New Jersey |
United States |
| District 46 |
Mark LaVergne |
Astoria, New York |
United States |
| District 59 |
Olivia Schofield |
Berlin |
Germany |
| District 60 |
Stephen Grant |
Toronto, Ontario |
Canada |
| District 73 |
Brett Gresham |
Kent Town, South Australia |
Australia |
| District 74 |
David Cairns |
Centurion, Gauteng |
South Africa |
| District 80 |
Ramesh Muthusamy |
Singapore |
Republic of Singapore |
Semifinal Speech Contest 6
| District 4 |
Arnold Buss |
Seaside, California |
United States |
| District 8 |
Arnita Jones |
St. Louis, Missouri |
United States |
| District 31 |
Rich Bianchi |
Lancaster, Massachusetts |
United States |
| District 36 |
Eldon Ralph |
Silver Spring, Maryland |
United States |
| District 40 |
Phil Barth |
Batavia, OH |
United States |
| District 56 |
Samantha Santa Maria |
Sugar Land, Texas |
United States |
| District 57 |
Albert Mo |
Union City, California |
United States |
| District 64 |
Ian Michaluk |
Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Canada |
| District 75 |
Michael Del Rosario |
Baguio |
Philippines |
Semifinal Speech Contest 7
| District 6 |
Kenny Ray Morgan |
Eden Prairie, MN |
United States |
| District 12 |
Ralph A. Rivers |
Riverside, California |
United States |
| District 19 |
Michael H. Anderson |
Marion, Iowa |
United States |
| District 23 |
John Freisinger |
Albuquerque, New Mexico |
United States |
| District 53 |
Jerry Aiyathurai |
West Simsbury, Connecticut |
United States |
| District 61 |
J.A. Gamache |
Laval, Quebec |
Canada |
| District 62 |
Bil Moore |
Lansing, Michigan |
United States |
| District 84 |
Rodney Brown |
Orlando, Florida |
United States |
| District 87 |
Dinesh Vaswani |
Jakarta Utara, DKI |
Indonesia |
Semifinal Speech Contest 8
| District 21 |
Mustapha Lansana |
Burnaby, British Columbia |
Canada |
| District 22 |
Ed Young |
Sedgwick, Kansas |
United States |
| District 45 |
Joseph Grondin |
Moncton, New Brunswick |
Canada |
| District 47 |
Shawn Purvis |
Clearwater, Florida |
United States |
| District 58 |
Maurice Walker |
Hopkins, South Carolina |
United States |
| District 70 |
David Griffiths |
Mascot, New South Wales |
Australia |
| District 79 |
Vikas Menon |
Dubai |
United Arab Emirates |
| District 82 |
Dananjaya Hettiarachchi |
Nawala Rajagiriya |
Sri Lanka |
| District F |
Jamel Thomas |
Hollywood, CA |
United States |
Semifinal Speech Contest 9
| District 5 |
Norm Nomura |
Escondido, California |
United States |
| District 11 |
Bob Sipes
| Shelbyville, Indiana |
United States |
| District 16 |
Doug Winter |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
United States |
| District 18 |
Marin Toyama |
Columbia, Maryland |
United States |
| District 27 |
Jacqueline Leonard |
Alexandria, Virginia |
United States |
| District 32 |
Melanie Hope |
Kent, Washington |
United States |
| District 65 |
Arlene Brown |
Rochester, New York |
United States |
| District 68 |
Teresa Nwachukwu |
Greensboro, North Carolina |
United States |
| District 72 |
Kingi Biddle |
Rotorua |
New Zealand |