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Melissa Rycroft wins 'Dancing'

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Published: Nov. 27, 2012 at 11:30 PM

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Reality TV personality Melissa Rycroft and her professional dance partner, Tony Dovolani, won "Dancing with the Stars" in Los Angeles Tuesday night.

They beat out Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson and actress Kelly Monaco, along with their professional dance partners, for the coveted mirror-ball trophy on the all-stars edition of the competition series.

Rycroft and Dovolani are both first-time winners.

Johnson and Derek Hough came in second and Monaco and Val Chmerkovskiy third in Tuesday's 2-hour season finale.

Topics: Melissa Rycroft, Tony Dovolani, Shawn Johnson, Derek Hough
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