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

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."