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For Johnson, mind is what matters

By Alyssa Roenigk
For GIRL Magazine

Monday, October 19, 2009

The morning of her second performance on "Dancing With The Stars," Olympian Shawn Johnson wanted to go home. "I've never been so scared in my life," she says. Click here to watch Shawn Johnson on "Dancing With The Stars." Although ballroom dancing and competing in three-inch heels was foreign to the 4-foot-10 gymnast, the waltz in Week 1 was at least manageable. "It's very structured and technical, like gymnastics," she says. But Week 2 brought the salsa, a sexy, saucy dance that originates f ...

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