Kym Johnson
| Kym Johnson-Herjavec | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Kym Johnson 4 August 1976 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation | Dancer, host, author |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Spouse(s) | Robert Herjavec (m. 2016) |
| Website | http://officialkymjohnson.com |
Kym Herjavec (née Johnson; born 4 August 1976) is an Australian professional ballroom dancer and television performer who has appeared in the first three seasons of the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars as a professional dancer, before moving to the U.S. version of the franchise from 2006 to 2015. She has since served as a judge on the Australian version of the show since 2013.
Johnson began dancing at the age of three. She began ballroom dancing at 13 years old. In 1998, she and her partner, Lithuanian Tomas Atkocevicius, placed second at the Australian Dancesport Championships in the Open Amateur Modern Ballroom. They also were finalists as the U.K. Ballroom Championships at Blackpool. She retired from competitive ballroom dance in 2001, but continued dancing on stage.
Since 2001, she has appeared in a number of events and films, including:
Johnson's first major television appearance was as a professional on Dancing with the Stars, a televised ballroom dance competition.
She appeared on Seasons 1-3 of Dancing with the Stars in Australia in 2004 and 2005. In Season 2, she and her partner, television presenter Tom Williams were the winning couple; they both then performed in the Champion of Champion series. Johnson also made a cameo during the 4th Australian series Dancing with the Stars Grand Final, performing with musician Alex Lloyd.
In early 2006, she appeared on the Australian program Australian Celebrity Survivor: Vanuatu on behalf of the Merry Makers . She was the first one voted out of her Moso tribe and the game. She received all 6 votes, 5 from her tribemates and her own vote. Johnson is one of the few Survivor contestants worldwide to vote herself out of the game, as self-voting is generally against the rules in most editions.
In 2013 Johnson appeared on The Celebrity Apprentice Australia (season 3) but got fired on the fourth week as the losing project manager.
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