. it's nyle dimarco dancing with pro peta murgatroyd. and the "america's next top model" winner spent all season raising the bar with each performance. he changed a lot of people's opinions on the very idea of dance. >> it was difficult. this is, what he pulled off was an amazing feat. his final stunning carrie ann inaba brought him to tears delivering a message to him in sign language saying, thank you for showing us your beautiful heart when you danced. >> this was peta and nyle right before they started this routine. she also signed to him, as well. >> runner-up -- there's carrie ann signing to him. let's move on to paige. she also brought the judges to tears as she and mark earned a perfect score with fair fusion dance of jive and salsa. i've said this before. sometimes it's hard to tell she's a contestant and not the professional. >> she looked like a pro throughout the entire season and len was saying he thought she should have won it all. in the meantime, finishing in a strong third, our own ginger zee who has been nursing a pelvic injury and she and professional partner

peta. nyle and peta. >> reporter: a big night indade for nyle dimarco. it doesn't end here. the winners fly across the country overnight to appear first thing in the morning on "good morning america." kendis and diane. >> thank but want to mention nyle tweet aid few hours ago, i can't believe we won the mirror ball. this is for the 70 million deaf people in the world. >> he was so emotional at the whole thing. carrie and inaba at one point signed a message thank you for dancing and showing us your heart on the dance floor. so nice. >> beautiful. you wanna see something intense? new pantene expert gives you the most beautiful hair ever, with our strongest pro-v formula ever. strong is beautiful. (babies crying) narrator: life. dishes. death. (slurping) dishes. every dish, every time, only finish has the powerball to take on anything. >>> okay. topping "the mix," this is why some folks won't let certain uncles baby-sit their kids. >> oh, boy. >> so this kid said, hey, my uncle, i want to get the haircut that looks like the guy next door. so happens the guy next door has male patte

>by your body. megared. the difference is easy to absorb. >> nyle and peta. >> nyle and peta. >> that really was a moment for all of us. we all cheered nyle dimarco on tuesday flight as he scooped up the coveted mirror ball trophy as the first deaf champion of "dancing with the stars." >> nyle's story resonated with so many viewers. but one young dancer already knows exactly where nyle is coming from. tracy clemons from our houston station has this incredible story. >> reporter: shyla beck has been dancing since she was 3. she is now 10. >> i think it is a confidence booster. >> reporter: just like nyle dimarco, she is hearing impaired and able to hear with implants. without them her mom tells me it is completely silent. >> even when she was young, even before she had implants or anything, anytime music would and so we decided to put her and her sisters in dance. she's always loved it. >> reporter: she's one of more than 200 students at starlight studio. starlight's owner d.j. green tells us they've had classes before just for students who are hearing impair

danced with peta murgatroyd and nyle dimarco danced with keo motsepp. >> as it turned out, they all scored 29 points. >> so then the standout moment of the night was nyles' paso doble which included that. silence. dramatic silence during which the music was turned off. if that's in essence what he hears during his normal routine. >> still don't understand how he does the show and these dances deaf. >> yeah, it was just such a touching moment. he got near perfect scores. 29 out of 30. >> now our however, continued to dominate. she earned her second perfect score for her argentine tango. >> it was beautiful, as well. >> paige vanzant and mark ballas as well as antonio brown co-starring his abs and sharna burgess performed stunning waltzes there but neither was performance was enough to put them at the top of the leader board. >> and finally, "fuller house" star jodie sweetin and keo motsepp earned their first perfect score of the season. but -- >> that's great. >> then she got the boot. >> wait. >> it was not enough to keep her in because the voting was based on her performance from l

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