Last year's "12 Years A Slave" best supporting actress winner, Lupita Nyong'o, wore a stunning pearl-encrusted dress to the Oscars this year.

The Francisco Costa for Calvin Klein dress is made of 6,000 pearls and is worth $150,000.

According to the LA Times, Lt. William Nash of the West Hollywood police station said that sheriff's officials received a call late Wednesday night about a $150,000 dress that was taken from a room at the London West Hollywood.

The NY Daily News confirmed the dress was the same one Nyong'o wore to the Academy Awards.

TMZ first reported the news.

According to TMZ, Nyong'o told police the dress was taken from her room sometime between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. on Tuesday while she was not in the room.

Nash said that no one has been arrested yet.

Here's another look at the dress:

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Emmy-winning series "House of Cards" returns to Netflix Friday. 

The show's lead character, Frank Underwood, played by Kevin Spacey, is known for his signature asides in which he breaks the fourth wall and speaks to the viewers.

More of these moments will occur in season 3, but do you know how many times it has happened on the show so far?

Jody Sieradzki made an infographic breaking down Underwood's camera asides over 26 episodes. Underwood noticeably made less comments to the audience in season 2. 

The graphic also breaks down how many threats Underwood has made and the number of murders he has committed per season.

Check it out below.

Season 3 of "House of Cards" will be available to stream on Netflix Friday at 12 a.m. 

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Camilla Hansson, brand ambassador for British smartphone company Kazam — and the current Miss Sweden— has quit after one of the company's TV ads was banned in the UK for "objectifying women."

The ad, created by Ogilvy & Mather, aimed to showcase the Kazam's Tornado 348. The black and white footage featured a woman in only her underwear, slinking through a house. Complainants to the UK's advertising watchdog claimed it was overtly sexual and objectified women, and because the content bore no relationship to the advertised product. It was banned for its likelihood to cause "serious offense" on the grounds that it objectified women.

Hansson (who does not appear in the ad) only became a Kazam brand ambassador in 2014 but contacted Business Insider to say that she is relinquishing her role.

She told us over email: "Although I have been brand ambassador together with [former N-Dubz singer and 'X Factor judge] Tulisa Contostavlos I will now leave the brand as I'm not into objectifying women and I have always been about empowering women and teaching them about confidence and how to succeed in life."

Here's Hansson posing with Tulisa at a Kazam launch event in December 2014.

Hansson also pointed out that other media outlets, in reporting the story on the ad ban, had mistakenly identified her as the actor in the TV ad.

She told us: "Although I [was] proud to be Kazam's brand ambassador, truly believe, and use the product on a daily basis and as my main medium of communication, I do not condone the method in which they have decided to go about advertising in an overtly sexual manner that unduly objectifies women — especially concluding in the belief amidst many that the model was indeed myself, which is NOT the case."

Hansson added: "As a matter of fact I am shortly to launch a business which focuses on female empowerment, confidence, and elegance, and I see myself as an ambassador for women all over the world and want to encourage women to do their best.'

Business Insider has contacted Kazam for comment and will update this article once it has been received.

Here's the banned TV ad led to Kazam being rapped by UK advertising watchdog the Advertising Standards Authority.

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A theme park based on "Avatar," the highest-grossing movie of all time, is coming to Disney World in 2017.

For the past year, Disney imagineers have been expanding a portion of the park's Animal Kingdom into "Avatar Land."

We finally have our first look at a design for the upcoming theme park.

Disney Parks showed off new concept art for "Avatar Land" featuring some of the floating islands featured in the film.

Here's the new image Disney Parks' blog showed off of the concept art for the park. 

"Avatar" director James Cameron recently attended the parks to review construction along with Disney Parks and Resorts chairman Tom Staggs.

One of the coolest things he was shown was a carpet that changes colors after passersby walk on it.

Avatar Land is set to open in Animal Kingdom in 2017.

Take a look at the making of the park below via Disney Parks.

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Actor Leonard Nimoy — best known for playing Mr. Spock on "Star Trek" — has died at age 83, his wife, Susan Bay Nimoy, confirmed to The New York Times.

Susan Nimoy told The Times that the cause of death was end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. According to The Times, "Nimoy announced last year that he had the disease, which he attributed to years of smoking, a habit he had given up three decades earlier."

Nimoy announced he had COPD on Twitter last January, telling his followers to quit smoking:

Nimoy first appeared as Spock in the first aired episode of "Star Trek," in 1966. He most recently reprised the role in the 2013 movie "Star Trek Into Darkness."

During the three seasons the original "Star Trek" series was on air, Nimoy received three Emmy nominations for his role as Mr. Spock, the ship's science officer and first officer. He became iconic for his character's signature "Vulcan salute" hand gesture, which Nimoy created, and the phrase "live long and prosper."

Here's Nimoy doing the Vulcan salute on "Star Trek":

Nimoy also moved behind the camera during his work on "Star Trek," directing the 1984 film "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" and the 1986 film "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home." In 1987 he directed the popular movie "Three Men and a Baby," which was the most successful American film of the year.

The actor also wrote two autobiographies — "I Am Not Spock" in 1975 and "I Am Spock" in 1995.

Here he is with "Star Trek" costar William Shatner, who portrayed Captain James T. Kirk:

Nimoy was born in Boston in 1931. His parents were Orthodox Jewish immigrants from what is now part of Ukraine.

He began acting as a child, briefly taking drama classes at Boston College. Nimoy also studied photography at University of California at Los Angeles in the 1970s, and he became well known for his photos.

Nimoy was married to the late actress Sandi Zober from 1954 to 1987, and he married actress Susan Bay in 1989. He had two children, Adam and Julie, with Zober, and a stepson, Aaron Bay Schuck, through Bay. According to the Times obituary, Nimoy is also survived by six grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and an older brother, Melvin.

Here is Nimoy with Susan Bay:

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Actor Leonard Nimoy — best known for playing Mr. Spock on "Star Trek" has died at age 83, his wife Susan Bay Nimoy confirmed to The New York Times.

The last time Nimoy played the iconic character was in the 2013 Star Trek film, "Star Trek: Into Darkness." In the memorable scene, Nimoy advises Zachary Quinto's younger Spock on how to deal with treacherous villain Khan. Star Trek fans will recall that Khan, in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, killed Spock.

Check out the scene below:

Nimoy also appeared in the 2009 Star Trek reboot. In that film, Nimoy plays Spock from the original Star Trek timeline, who has traveled to an alternate past via a black hole/time portal. Here's a scene from that film when Nimoy's Spock Prime (as he's referred to in the movie) first meets Quinto's Spock.

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Long before he played the greatest Starfleet officer of all time and directed the immortal 'The Voyage Home' Leonard Nimoy spent 18 months in the Army reserve. According to Military.com, Nimoy achieved the rank of sergeant and spent much of his army service "putting on shows for the Army Special Services branch which he wrote, narrated, and emceed."

Nimoy acted in the following instructional film along with future "Davy Crockett" star Fess Parker. It addressed what was then called combat fatigue, or the emotional and psychological toll of warfare. The film shows how Marine Corps psychologists were supposed to treat combat fatigue sufferers, giving a glimpse into how the wartime military of the 1950s dealt into the still-vital question of how to address the mental health needs of its troops. Nimoy appears as the first of the two Marines in the clip to undergo treatment.

This clip was made in 1954, shortly after the Korean War ended and 12 years before Star Trek premiered on NBC.

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"Star Trek" actor Leonard Nimoy died at the age of 83.

Nimoy, who popularized the role of Spock on the sci-fi series, gained a huge fan following over the years including some of Hollywood's biggest names like Mila Kunis.

A few celebrities attend "Star Trek" conventions, have autographed memorabilia from Leonard Nimoy, and even speak Klingon.

Mila Kunis has been a Trekkie since her teens.

Kunis told GQ in 2011 she has vintage "Star Trek" figures and a signed photo from Leonard Nimoy. 

She's even attended a Trek conference. 

"I went to the Star Trek Experience in Vegas maybe five years ago. I hung out with a bunch of fake characters inside Quark's bar. [Ed note: Quark was the name of the Ferengi bartender on DS9.] There were all these actors there pretending to be the different characters from the different shows. Yes, I loved it." 

Her favorite series? "The Next Generation."

Ben Stiller sprinkles a lot of "Star Trek" references into his movies.

Not only is Stiller's production company, "Red Hour Films," a reference to an episode from the original series, but he has also thrown "Star Trek" references into his films ranging from "Tropic Thunder" to "Zoolander."

He also revealed at the 82nd Academy Awards he owns two pairs of Spock's ears signed by Leonard Nimoy.

Olivia Wilde says she's a Trekkie.

Wilde told i09 she's been a fan since young.

"I grew up as a Trekkie, which is really funny," said Wilde. "I think 'Star Trek,' they were always great female roles, but there's no reason the captain shouldn't be a woman."

The feud between WWE star Seth Rollins and Jon Stewart has continued to grow.

It began when Rollins threw his name into the ring for possible replacement hosts for Jon Stewart.

During a match, Rollins took the microphone and proclaimed he's the most talented performer in the world and WWE's "most valuable asset." Rollins claimed he could do anything he wants, including becoming president of the United States, despite not being old enough to run for office.

He then took a shot at Jon Stewart and said he could become the next host of "The Daily Show" and make it "actually watchable."

Watch Rollins' speech below:

Stewart then posted a response to Rollins', which was posted on WWE's YouTube channel. In it Stewart states, "Seth Rollins, you've made a lot of mistakes in your life... but this is the biggest mistake you ever made."

Stewart goes on to say he's going after Rollins with "160 pounds of dynamite" before noting his bone density is weaker and "more like a soft wood, like a pine."

Watch the video below:

Rollins was not content to just let Stewart's response simmer, and Thursday night, he invaded "The Daily Show."

Rollins interrupted a segment with a video and acknowledged Stewart's trash talk and said he hopes Stewart is ready for a "world of hurt."

In the midst of Stewart's response, Rollins walked onto the set and challenged Stewart to come to "Monday Night Raw" at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, next week.

Stewart doesn't necessarily give a confirmation, but he does sneak behind Rollins to put him into a headlock as the show's credits begin to roll.

Watch the entire segment below. We'll see if Stewart does show up on "Raw" next week.

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"Live long and prosper."

It's one of the most famous phrases in the history of entertainment, and most certainly the collection of words that comes to mind when you think of science fiction's beloved Mr. Spock.

The world lost Leonard Nimoy on Friday at the age of 83.

The character Spock was, of course, half Vulcan. And along with that famous phrase came a famous Vulcan salute.

It looks like this:

But where did it come from? It turns out it came from Nimoy himself and has very personal origins.

He says in his autobiography that it is a priestly blessing that forms the Hebrew letter Shin.

He spoke to the Hebrew Book Center about encountering this blessing as a child: He was watching a ceremony with four or five men, and then his father told him not to look.

"I hear this strange sound coming from them, they’re not singers, they were shouters, and dissonant, it was all discordant," he said.

"I had no idea what was going on but the sound of it and the look of it was magical."

Nimoy also invented the famous Vulcan nerve pinch.

As he told StarTrek.com: "The episode was 'The Enemy Within.' Kirk was split into two personalities and his evil side was attempting to kill his good side. Spock was supposed to sneak up behind the bad guy and hit him on the back of the head with a phaser ... Not very Vulcan. So I invented the nerve pinch. The mind meld was a Gene Roddenberry creation, and I added the Vulcan hand salute from my own background."

The Vulcan salute first appeared in "Star Trek" in 1967 with the episode "Amok Time." 

You can see the whole interview segment here:

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The first image of Microsoft's HoloLens prototype has been discovered over at the Oculus Rift subreddit, giving us a glimpse at the prototype shown off to press after the headset's announcement in January.

Interestingly enough, the image was found to be nestled within one of Microsoft's own promotional videos for the headset, though it went unnoticed initially.

While Microsoft has revealed what the HoloLens will look like when it launches, this is the first time we've been able to see what the holographic technology looks like in its current working form. There's a complicated set of head straps connected to a couple of lenses and (barely visible) a large CPU that hangs around the wearer's neck.

Business Insider editor Matt Rosoff, who was able to try on the HoloLens prototype at Microsoft's event, has confirmed the photo is of the same device he tried on. Microsoft had strict rules in place meant to prevent photography — reporters weren't allowed to bring any electronic devices into the demo area — but it looks like Microsoft didn't realize the headset could be found in their own announcement video.

Unlike virtual reality headsets like the Oculus Rift, Microsoft's HoloLens uses something called augmented reality to insert interactive, hologram-like images into your daily life.

You can read Rosoff's review of what it was like using the HoloLens right here.

Note that this is just an early prototype. The actual final version will look more like glasses or goggles, as shown by these three Microsoft execs at the event. The challenge will be packing all the stuff currently in that CPU into a tiny set of goggles. 

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Actor Leonard Nimoy died today at the age of 83.

He was famous for his portrayal of Mr. Spock on the "Star Trek" television series, as well as in numerous films in the multi-generational franchise.

Two years ago, Nimoy and Zachary Quinto — the actor tapped to take over the character of Spock in the nost recent movies — teamed up to make one of the most entertaining car commercials in recent memory. 

In the ad for Audi's S7 luxury sedan, the pair of Spocks challenge each other to a race.

Last person to reach the golf club buys lunch. 

"Get ready to have your wallet emptied by a tractor beam," Nimoy joked. 

Quinto sets off in an Audi S7, while Nimoy makes the trip in a Mercedes-Benz CLS 550.

While Quinto easily fits his clubs into the back of the S7, Nimoy struggles to fit his clubs into the trunk of his Mercedes. 

Nimoy ends up having to drive to the golf course with his clubs strapped into the front seat. Quinto, believing he has the race won, taunts his predecessor over the phone.

"I can practice my swing if you need to pull over and take a nap," the younger Spock says.

To which the elder Spock quips, "Smart Ass!"

As the duo meet up in front of their destination, Quinto boasts that he's victorious.

But Nimoy has one more trick up his sleeve. Technically, the winner of the race is the first the enter golf club and with one quick Vulcan nerve pinch, the elder Spock triumphs, while his younger counterpart is rendered motionless. 

As the commercial ends, the pair stand on the front steps of the club after lunch, admiring an Audi driverless car that has just motored away on its own. 

"Fascinating," the two Mr. Spocks say at the same time. 

Audi has achieved what no car company has managed to do — impress the science officers of the Starship Enterprise!

See the full commercial here:

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After being hospitalized for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease earlier this week, famed Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy died at age 83 Friday morning. 

Nimoy is best known for his acting role as the exasperatingly logical alien, Spock, who served as the first officer of the Starship Enterprise in the original Star Trek series that first aired in 1966 — just three years before Americans walked on the moon for the first time.

Many fell in love with the Star Trek series and the inspirational message it brought, that space is the final frontier. The scientists and engineers at NASA have been exploring this final frontier since the time of Star Trek.

Shortly after hearing the news of Nimoy's death, NASA tweeted a message that will warm the hearts of even those who never saw a single episode of arguably, the best space series in history.

The image above was taken in the year 1976 when the space shuttle Enterprise was fresh off the manufacturing line — so to speak. You can see Nimoy in the center of the photo along with members of NASA and the Star Trek crew, including a young George Takei, who played Mr. Sulu alongside Nimoy in the original Star Trek franchise. 

And yes, the space shuttle Enterprise was named after Star Trek's starship that Nimoy called home during his career not only as an actor but as an inspiration that will live on.

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Leonard Nimoy passed away February 27, but his role as Spock in the beloved "Star Trek" TV series and movies have inspired, and will continue to inspire many people to pursue science.

Nimoy received a public outreach award for the role in 2010 from the Space Foundation.

Nimoy appeared on singer Pharrell William's show ARTST TLK back in 2013 to talk about how Star Trek has stirred people's curiosity about science.

Nimoy said one of his favorite things about his character Spock was how the role inspired many to pursue careers in science.

"One of the greatest satisfactions with being involved with Star Trek and the Spock character is the feedback I get from a lot of people who say 'I went into the sciences because of you and Spock and Star Trek,'" Nimoy said.

Nimoy said he thinks the show was so influential because it sparked people's imagination.

"It was intriguing for young people, it opened up minds for young people," Nimoy said. "And that's very rewarding, that's the greatest feedback."

Nimoy and Williams also had a bonding moment over their shared love for the famous astronomer and science educator Carl Sagan. Nimoy admits that he failed high school chemistry, and Williams said he wasn't interested in science at all either until reading Carl Sagan's science fiction novel "Contact."

Sagan also hosted the original Cosmos TV series — a show that explains the scientific wonders of the universe for a general audience.

"Sagan is a great teacher," Nimoy said. "Sagan leads you into the heart of mysteries and gives you a chance to get inside of it and be surrounded by it."

You can watch the full conversation between Nimoy and Williams below:

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“Star Trek” actor Leonard Nimoy died at the age of 83 Friday. 

Best known for popularizing the character of Spock, Nimoy has made countless cameos reprising the character, including on CBS’ hit comedy “The Big Bang Theory.”

Perhaps his best appearance on the series was a voiceover cameo in which he gave Sheldon (Jim Parsons) advice in the form of a tiny Spock action figure.

In the season 5 episode, Sheldon and Leonard (Johnny Galecki) both receive collectible "Star Trek" figurines from their neighbor Penny (Kaley Cuoco).

In a dream sequence, Spock convinces Sheldon he should open and play with his mint-in-the-box “Star Trek” toy.

After Sheldon breaks the toy, he switches it with Leonard's, thinking he won't notice.

Spock returns in a later dream to weigh on Sheldon's conscience for switching the toys.

Watch the two dream sequences clipped together below:

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Everyone has been weighing in on Kanye West's Adidas collaboration show at New York Fashion Week.

But what about the models themselves. What was it like to wear the clothes?

Devan Mayfield, who walked the runway at modeling West's line, spoke with Business Insider about her experience with the show.

According to her, here's what happened:

Mayfield said she found out about the casting call last minute. When she showed up, casting directors immediately pulled her to the front. She went inside and immediately started photographing the show's looks.

"It felt like a dream to be working with fellow artists, creators, and revolutionaries. I was very inspired and carry the energy from those moments with me today," she said "I was a part of Kanye’s army."

West was already there when Mayfield arrived. In fact, he was at all the castings, fittings, and rehearsals.

"When I arrived for hair and makeup on the day of the show, he was already there," she said. "Kanye was very involved."

Mayfield said she loved wearing the clothing in the show, which made her feel both "sexy and comfortable."

"The nude body suit felt like another layer of skin the way it was hugging my body," she said "I felt empowered."

Some fashion critics speculated the models were guided to look "bored" and yawn periodically, but Mayfield says that's not true.

"We were guided to remain present," she said, adding that the expressions the models used were "natural and meditative."

Mayfield said, since West's show was more of a cohesive performance art than most runway shows, the models walking the show understood that they were giving a performance.

"You could see our souls on our faces," she said.

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"Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson gave the most unusual speech at the conservative activist gathering CPAC on Friday. 

"You say, 'What do you call the 110 million people who have sexually transmitted illnesses?' It's the revenge of the hippies!" Robertson declared. "Sex, drugs, and rock and roll have come back to haunt us in a bad way. I report you decide." 

Robertson, a popular conservative stalwart, devoted much of his speech to discussing sexually transmitted diseases. His message was that Americans should marry their sexual partners and then stay married. 

"You want a godly, biblical, medically safe option? One man, one woman — married for life," he said. "I'm trying to help you for crying out loud, America! If I didn't care about you, why would I bring this up? I wouldn't care!"  

Robertson's speech was unquestionably one of the more colorful ones at the conservative event, which also featured many of the likely Republican presidential candidates. He deviated to several other topics during the address, including Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and the Islamic State jihadists in the Middle East. All three, Robertson said, wanted territorial conquest, killed people, and didn't believe in Jesus. 

"Some people studied the Constitution to uphold it. But there are some who study it so that they can circumvent it, right? Stand on the Bible. Stand on the Constitution. Don't budge. Hold onto your weapons," he said. "We had to have all three to run the Brits back to where they came from. We had to have all three when the Nazis reared their head. You say the Nazis? World domination was what Hitler had on his mind. Territorial conquest. There was no Jesus, none!"

Robertson drew national attention in 2013 when he compared homosexuality with bestiality. 

Watch a portion of the speech below, via the liberal group Right Wing Watch:

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Leonard Nimoy, the actor best known for his iconic role as Spock in "Star Trek," died at age 83 on Friday.

In 2012, he reflected on his life in a commencement speech to Boston University's College of Fine Arts. He told the story of how a chance meeting with future president John F. Kennedy inspired him when he was at a low point in his career.

In the 1950s, Nimoy was struggling in Los Angeles with a wife and two kids, he said in his speech. He spent his days in auditions and his nights driving a taxi for steady income. One night he picked up Kennedy, who was a Massachusetts senator at the time, at the Bel Air Hotel. He said:

We chatted about careers … politics and show business, and we agreed that both had a lot in common. Maybe too much in common. He said, "Lots of competition in your business, just like in mine." And then he gave me this: "Just remember there's always room for one more good one."

Words to live by, and I did.

Nimoy stuck it out in LA long enough to finally be offered the role of Spock when he was 35. To him, the character was much more than a strange alien in a sci-fi show; it was a metaphor for his experience growing up as an outsider, himself a child of Yiddish-speaking Jewish Ukrainian immigrants.

It reminded him of another Kennedy quote: "We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda. It is a form of truth."

He even used an ancient Hebrew gesture as the hand signal that became the "Vulcan salute."

Nimoy told the graduating students that the biggest lessons he learned were that persistence matters above all, and that the public's perception of you should not be the measure of your self-worth.

"You are the curators of your own lives," he said. "You create your own life and work."

He ended with Spock's signature line, "Live long and prosper."

You can read the full transcript here and watch the full speech below:

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The first poster for "Game of Thrones" season 5 has been unveiled.

The official artwork shows Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) overlooking the prow of a boat as he is overshadowed by one of the fearsome dragons belonging to Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clark).

If you'll recall, Tyrion was fleeing Westeros on a boat destined for Essos, and it looks like Season 5 could begin with Tyrion still aboard the vessel. While we don't know for certain which dragon is featured in the poster, the books suggest the dragon is likely none other than Drogon.

"Game of Thrones" season 5 returns to HBO and HBO GO on April 12th. If you'd like to get a glimpse of what is coming up in season 5, you can watch the official trailer below.

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Lifetime’s competition series "Child Genius" highlights 2o of America’s most extraordinary children as they test their skills in a grueling 8-week long national intelligence competition.

In cooperation with IQ society American Mensa, these gifted children, who have scored within the 98th percentile or higher on a standardized intelligence exam, are quizzed in math, spelling, world geography, memory, current events, astronomy, inventions, logic, and culture.

The winner of the competition earns the title of "Child Genius" and receives a college fund of $100,000.  Let's meet a few of them:

Izzy, 8, Midlothian, VA

IQ 146 (Over 140 is considered genius or near-genius)

Izzy joined the IQ society Mensa when she was just 3 years old. 

She is trilingual in English, French, and Chinese, and has a yellow belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

In order to cover more challenging topics at a much more rapid pace, Izzy was removed from public school and is now tutored by her father.

According to her parents, Izzy doesn't have very many friends that are children.

"Isabel wants to have friends that are her own age but it's really hard with her unique situation," her dad said.

Izzy offers up an explanation, "my child friends can talk about some things but not other things and my adult friends can talk about everything."

Ryan, 11, Charlotte, NC 

IQ 156

A self-described perfectionist, academics come naturally to Ryan, especially math.

"I finished Algebra in sixth grade and normal people usually finish that in ninth grade," Ryan said.

Throughout the competition it becomes apparent that his parents want him to win the title of "child genius" more than he does. 

"If you really perform and beat your opponents your life could change forever," his dad said to him.

Appearing hardly satisfied with his achievements his mom added, "If you reach one level, you always can improve yourself to reach another level."

Ryan's parents temporarily relocated the family across the country in order to help Ryan focus on the competition.

Vanya, 12, Olathe, KS  

IQ 144

One of the oldest contestants, Vanya is no stranger to academic competitions, she is a veteran speller at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

"My first year I competed I was the youngest speller and I tied for 49th. The second year I competed I got a perfect score on the written test and I placed 10th. Last year, I tied for 5th place," Vanya said.

Vanya's main strategy is to use her mastery of etymology to conquer all the topics covered in the competition.

Graham, 10, Verdigris, OK

IQ top .01% (Approximately IQ 146)

When Graham was 5 years old he tested into the top .01 percentile on an intelligence exam. 

He excels at science and geography and has memorized the US atlas. 

"He can tell you every road or highway to take to get from point A to point B in the US," his mom said.

For fun, Graham was invited by a local television meteorologist to test his knowledge of hurricanes by simply viewing satellite imagery.

"Oh that's hurricane Camille," Graham says instantly.

"Do you know what year that was?"

"1969 and it had sustaining wind speeds of 190 mph and a minimum pressure of 900 millibars," Graham responded.

Tanishq, 10, Sacramento, CA

IQ top .01% (Approximately IQ 146)

Tanishq joined the elite IQ society Mensa when he was only 4 years old and began taking college courses three years later. "My goal is to get a Phd by the time I get my driver's license," Tanishq said. According to his parents, when he was about four months old he could read and answer questions about books.

According to his Twitter account, he hopes to one day become the President of the United States or a famous scientist.

Thus far, he has given several TEDx talks about his discoveries on exoplanets, supernovas, and climate change. 

Yeji, 11, Rolling Hills Estates, CA 

IQ top .01% (Approximately IQ 146)

The most well-rounded of the contestants, Yeji has a wide range of interests and typically finds school to be unchallenging.  She tested in the 99.9th percentile of the KADC Korean Intelligence Test but refers to herself as the "black horse candidate" in the competition.

She moved to the US at the age of three and within a year she spoke English so well that no one even knew it was her second language. Her dream job is to be a veterinarian. 

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