Getting the job on Strictly at the age of 56.
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Shirley Ballas
English ballroom dancer
United Kingdom · b. 1960
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Born in Wallasey, Shirley Ballas, 57, became one of the most decorated ballroom and Latin dancers in the world. She is a three-time winner of the British Open to the World Latin American Championships, retired from competitive dancing in 1996 and became a coach and adjudicator. In 2017, she replaced Len Goodman as head judge on BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, which returns for a 16th series later this year. She divides her time between LA and London.
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