Dancing with the Stars

Shawn Johnson's Dancing Victory: How She Did It

Take a look back at how the little gymnast that could upset front-runners Gilles Marini and Melissa Rycroft. By Julia Wang

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THE FOXTROT

The youngest hoofer in Dancing history, Olympic gold medalist gymnast Shawn Johnson, 17, showed glimmers of her potential early on. She tied with perennial front-runner Gilles Marini and crowd favorite Lil' Kim for first place after performing an elegant foxtrot that had judge Bruno Tonioli gushing that the performance was like "watching a bejeweled hummingbird."
ABC: We'd Love to Have Paula Abdul on Dancing

ABC: We'd Love to Have Paula Abdul on Dancing

"I think she's a huge talent," says ABC Entertainment President Stephen McPherson

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