When Hightower moved to Los Angeles in 2008 to participate in the national television show that pairs professional dancers with celebrity contestants, she had a clear purpose and a desire to please God. It was sort of a wake-up call to me, and that’s when I just buried my head in my hands and started crying.” It kind of freaked me out and made me realize that I was much further away from the gospel than I should be. … I think that’s why they constantly talk about remembering in the scriptures. “And I think it’s easy once you kind of get off the path to forget those feelings. “For me, it was the first time in a long time that I had felt the Spirit that strongly in my life,” Hightower told me as she sat in the living room of my home in the Sugar House area of Salt Lake City, Utah, eating grapes she had just taken from my refrigerator.
Hightower, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from Orem, Utah, had just finished her seventh season as a professional dancer on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars." It made her reconsider the importance of her career. While visiting New York City in early 2013, Chelsie Hightower attended an LDS sacrament meeting where she heard a man's conversion story. Michael Bolton poses with Hightower following the 11th season premiere of "Dancing with the Stars." Bolton called Hightower "his light."Ĭhelsie Hightower stands with her brothers, Jordan and Chason, after receiving her endowment in the Mount Timpanogos Temple.Ĭhelsie Hightower and Morgan Jones, the author of this article, are photographed together. Hightower and her mother, Laurie Norton, arrive at the premiere of Walt Disney Pictures' "Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" in 2011. Hightower is shown performing a dance choreographed to the song "Bleeding Love" with Mark Kanemura on "So You Think You Can Dance."Ĭhelsie Hightower appeared for seven seasons on ABC's "Dancing With The Stars." She is photographed with her last partner on the show, HÉlio Castroneves, a Brazilian race car driver. Hightower signs an autograph for fans at the premiere of "Earth" in 2009. Hightower and her partner, Bradley Gregory, finished consistently in the top three in competitions in the United States and represented Team USA overseas in the British Open and at a worlds competition in Latvia.
Hightower and her partner, Bradley Gregory, finished consistently in the top three in competitions in the United States and represented Team USA overseas in the British Open and at a world competition in Latvia. Hightower is photographed in a dance studio. Hightower is shown dancing with Kyle Treu, her partner in the Northridge Elementary School ballroom program. Hightower, shown far right, originally hated dancing. She originally enjoyed ballroom dancing because two of her brothers, Chasson and Jordan, participated with her. She originally enjoyed ballroom dancing because two of her brothers, Chason and Jordan, participated with her. Chelsie Hightower appeared for seven seasons on ABC's "Dancing With The Stars."