Gough achieved celebrity status off the field when he won the BBC's Celebrity Come Dancing competition in 2005, but insisted his decision to quit was "nothing to do with the entertainment business".

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She repeatedly received the annual Best Student award and went on to win gold awards in the national dancing competition in 2004, the Lotus Dancing competition and the first Asian Youth Art Festival.

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Tahiti's acclaimed cultural heart beats fastest in July during the annual dancing and sporting competition, the Heiva, when the streets of the capital bloom with dazzling costumes and the air hums with the sweetest of South Pacific songs.

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The startup competition was a cross between American Idol meets dancing with the stars, or possibly dancing with geeks.

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In addition to breakfast, at the Plaza there is live music, a gun show, impromptu square dancing, a flapjack-flipping contest and a hat-stomping competition, among other activities.

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Her dancing and choreography experience in the 1980s for stars like Cyndi Lauper put her body under a microscope and in competition with many thin peers.

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