Laurie Hernandez Enjoys The 'Dancing With The Stars' Perks

Laurie Henandez heads into the dance studio with partner Val Chmerkovskiy on Thursday (September 22) in Los Angeles.

The 16-year-old Olympic gymnast shared a laugh with Val before working on their new dance, a tango, for next week’s show.

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“It is so cool!” Laurie gushed to ET about the behind-the-scenes perks of being on Dancing With The Stars.

She continued, “For the Olympics, we did our own makeup and that was something that we really looked forward to — doing our own hair, our own makeup — and here they do all your makeup. They do your hair. They get you fitted for all these awesome outfits

Val added, “She loves this.”

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