Birthdate:: January 19, 1992
Birthplace: Des Moines, Iowa
Shawn Johnson is one of the world’s top gymnasts, but there’s a lot more to this athlete than her medals. Find out more in her Kidzworld bio!
Shawn Johnson has been a 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. She’s since gone on to star in national ad campaigns and appear in countless television spots.
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Shawn’s gymnastic skills translated to a major victory on the dance floor when she and her partner Mark Ballas took home the Mirrorball Trophy on season 8 of Dancing With the Stars. Shawn was the youngest contestant to ever compete on the show and the third Apolo Anton Ohno and Kristi Yamaguchi were the other winning Olympians.
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- Shawn hangs upside down with a full milk moustache in her new ad for Got Milk. The ad’s a part of the Body By Milk campaign that calls on teens to get active to improve your health.
- There’s a life-sized bronze statue of Shawn in the Iowa Hall of Pride in her hometown of Des Moines, Iowa.
- She made a cameo on The Secret Life of the American Teenager.
- Shawn skipped her prom to compete on Dancing with the Stars.
- She’s been in ads for CoverGirl, McDonald’s, Oscar Mayer Lunchables and even appeared on a limited edition box of Cheerios.
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