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}}'''Sophia Maria Lucia''' (born on September 7, 2002 in San Diego, California), is an internationally established, multi-awarded professional dance teacher, ballerina, industry dancer, choreographer, model<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CgneqgSJsEk/ Sophie`s IG - Director of Photography Claudio A. Robles 🇸🇻]</ref>, entrepreneur, psychologist, and a philanthropist with Italian, Irish, German, French and Swedish roots living in Los Angeles.

She is holding the official Guinness Book world record by completing 55 consecutive pirouettes at the San Diego Dance Center in Poway, California, USA on 30 March 2013 at the age of 10.<ref>[https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/82089-most-consecutive-pirouettes-contemporary-dance#:~:text=The%20record%20for%20the%20most,USA%20on%2030%20March%202013. Guinness Book WR Lucia]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b1JLuv5WVQ Sophia Lucia - Record Breaker]</ref> She started managing her own founded [https://www.instagram.com/fallfiveintensive/ Fall Five Intensive workshops] ([https://www.fallfiveintensive.com/ HP], [https://www.tiktok.com/@_sophialucia/video/7552986592789433630 Promo]) since 2023, frequently running over two days for juniors and seniors. In last year as of October 2025, she worked often in European and Canadian cities, such as London, Paris, Calgary and Cracow, mostly as instructor or choreographer on major dance events. Meanwhile she is considered as part of the American Dance High Society.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/galaofthestars/ Gala of the Stars' IG]</ref><ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/DQKf7_GEgce/?img_index=1 Soph's IG DAC GOTS 2025]</ref>

She is holding the official Guinness Book world record by completing 55 consecutive pirouettes at the San Diego Dance Center in Poway, California, USA on 30 March 2013 at the age of 10.<ref>[https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/82089-most-consecutive-pirouettes-contemporary-dance#:~:text=The%20record%20for%20the%20most,USA%20on%2030%20March%202013. Guinness Book WR Lucia]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b1JLuv5WVQ Sophia Lucia - Record Breaker]</ref> She started managing her own founded [https://www.instagram.com/fallfiveintensive/ Fall Five Intensive workshops] ([https://www.fallfiveintensive.com/ HP], [https://www.tiktok.com/@_sophialucia/video/7552986592789433630 Promo]) since 2023, frequently running over two days for juniors and seniors. In last year as of October 2025, she worked often in European and Canadian cities, such as London, Paris, Calgary and Cracow, mostly as instructor or choreographer on major dance events [https://www.instagram.com/p/DS78M3QDsG4/ 2025 Summary]. Meanwhile she is considered as part of the American Dance High Society.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/galaofthestars/ Gala of the Stars' IG]</ref><ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/DQKf7_GEgce/?img_index=1 Soph's IG DAC GOTS 2025]</ref>

As a young dancer and choreographer, she was mostly trained at Master Ballet Academy in Scottsdale, Arizona, but she didn't graduate and aborted her education. She had danced and was trained before by San Diego Dance Centre and Danceology Performing Arts Campus, both owned by her cousins, Kristen Hibbs and Nicole Lucia respectively. So Sophia thinks she was basically born into dance.<ref>[https://www.naludamagazine.com/sophia-lucia-interview/ Naluda Magazine Exclusive interview with Sophia Lucia]</ref>

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She has earned several National Champion Dance Titles, such as [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2fRCGa2wPQ The Dance Awards’s Junior Best Dancer 2014]. From a young age, she has been featured in numerous television shows such as [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXZKMSBo4Ic ‘Dancing with the Stars] and she got the honor to perform on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBS88fsRgOM The Finale],’ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAf8kxr8cyo ‘So You Think You Can Dance (Ukraine),’] - because for SYTYCD USA she had to be at least 18. Age limits were such fun killers in Soph`s career, but on January 2016 Sophia auditioned for ''So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation''. Her appearance was televised on the show's season premiere without that age limits. She made it past the audition stage, but did not get past the Academy round, as [[Ruby Castro]] was chosen over her. She performed also Disney’s hit show ''Shake it Up'', ''X-Factor'', Nickelodeon’s ''Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn'' and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVa2lyUkRy4 ''America's Got Talent''], plus several talk shows like [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqAITNfwN1U ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show''] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVTiLxbdPOU ''The Ricki Lake Show''], to name a few. She made her film debut in 2010 as child star icon, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pcUEmnGX2g Shirley Temple] in the Fox Legacy Movie ''The Shirley Temple Story''. That Sophie got chosen was not a fluke, because when she was [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwhcyGgDE_A first time covering Shirley she was two].

Sophia got homeschooled since class one, but she visited about a year a private school at the age of 15, to get in contact with some peers to process her mobbing experience. But she felt she doesn't fit in and noone really would understand her. She felt lonely and it would made it ~~acually~~ worse. She thinks, because she got pro at such young age and was already travelling abroad so many times, she got much faster mature than her class mates, who didn't really understand her problems. She got her high school diploma at the age of 16 and went first to a community college for the next two years, because she was only 16 when she graduated and not ready to live by herself in New York yet, before she has finally transferred to a four-years university, when is was 18. She stated she will majoring in psychology at the New York University (NYU).<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/dancemoms/comments/a8y1h3/sophia_lucia_is_going_to_college_and_majors_in/ Sophia Lucia`s interview about her education]</ref> Ahhh... self-diagnostics. Her high school diploma is just recognized outside California since she graduated college (see also [https://www.chspe.org/about CHSPE]) and as to remember the corona quarantine measurements peaked at that time, especially in New York City, which had for sure an effect on her education as well. On March 2023, she said she went actually to the University of Arizona at the age of 18. She was studing psychology. Her goal was to become a sports ~~pychologist~~ and work with child prodigies, like she herself was, and try to avoid that they have to go through the same crap. The graduated as Bachelor with 20. She wanted go to on Master, but she wanted to dance and dropped it. <ref>[https://open.spotify.com/episode/0QKaapgxGmIdA7A3xnFkCM The Sitch - College Culture]</ref> She studied psychology, but we don't know if a bachelor degree is enough being allowed call oneself psychologist. <ref>[https://www.tiktok.com/@_sophialucia/video/7307389667035598126?lang=de-DE Soph's TikTok a little bit about me]</ref> At the University she was a loner and a geek as well, while many of her college mates had more parties, sex and drugs in mind. Especially the penetrant attempts of some people trying out some drugs made her really pissed. She prefers still today being at home after working and is going out mostly with her boyfriend. She said beyond him, she considers just two girls as her true friends, the rest are more or less down to a degree of being acquaintances. <ref>[https://open.spotify.com/episode/0QKaapgxGmIdA7A3xnFkCM The Sitch Podcast - College Culture]</ref><ref>[https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mmIwoOAjujr5eG5XRigz0 The Sitch Podcast - Quality Friendships]</ref>

Sophia got homeschooled since class one, but she visited about a year a private school at the age of 15, to get in contact with some peers to process her mobbing experience. But she felt she doesn't fit in and noone really would understand her. She felt lonely and it would made it actually worse. She thinks, because she got pro at such young age and was already travelling abroad so many times, she got much faster mature than her class mates, who didn't really understand her problems. She got her high school diploma at the age of 16 and went first to a community college for the next two years, because she was only 16 when she graduated and not ready to live by herself in New York yet, before she has finally transferred to a four-years university, when is was 18. She stated she will majoring in psychology at the New York University (NYU).<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/dancemoms/comments/a8y1h3/sophia_lucia_is_going_to_college_and_majors_in/ Sophia Lucia`s interview about her education]</ref> Ahhh... self-diagnostics. Her high school diploma is just recognized outside California since she graduated college (see also [https://www.chspe.org/about CHSPE]) and as to remember the corona quarantine measurements peaked at that time, especially in New York City, which had for sure an effect on her education as well. On March 2023, she said she went actually to the University of Arizona at the age of 18. She was studing psychology. Her goal was to become a sports psychologist and work with child prodigies, like she herself was, and try to avoid that they have to go through the same crap. The graduated as Bachelor with 20. She wanted go to on Master, but she wanted to dance and dropped it. <ref>[https://open.spotify.com/episode/0QKaapgxGmIdA7A3xnFkCM The Sitch - College Culture]</ref> She studied psychology, but we don't know if a bachelor degree is enough being allowed call oneself psychologist. <ref>[https://www.tiktok.com/@_sophialucia/video/7307389667035598126?lang=de-DE Soph's TikTok a little bit about me]</ref> At the University she was a loner and a geek as well, while many of her college mates had more parties, sex and drugs in mind. Especially the penetrant attempts of some people trying out some drugs made her really pissed. She prefers still today being at home after working and is going out mostly with her boyfriend. She said beyond him, she considers just two girls as her true friends, the rest are more or less down to a degree of being acquaintances. <ref>[https://open.spotify.com/episode/0QKaapgxGmIdA7A3xnFkCM The Sitch Podcast - College Culture]</ref><ref>[https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mmIwoOAjujr5eG5XRigz0 The Sitch Podcast - Quality Friendships]</ref>

Soph danced also many times as a philanthropist, such as for the [http://www.mda.org Muscular Dystrophy Association] in Jerry Lewis' MDA Telethon, and the former [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVLuhyfBeeU Lily Sarah Grace Foundation], which supported once to establish practicing arts in classrooms, for cognitive development both together with many other dance talents like [[Kaycee Rice]] & [[Sierra Neudeck]] and KAR TV's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHOpr39hd4U I'm a Dancer Against Cancer] with Madison Curtis. She supported many charities. She thinks it’s very important to give back and is such an eye opening thing, which makes you grow as a human being and granted also [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHjqHMefLyA one of her hard core fans a wish].

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On October 20, 2025 Sophie got the Industry Dance Award in the category [https://www.instagram.com/p/DQDv0IliD2T/ 'Breakthrough Artist Award'] presented by 2024 winner, the legendary [[Autumn Miller]] - [https://www.instagram.com/p/DQH9D86Eqxg/?img_index=1 Sophia on the IDA2025], [https://www.instagram.com/p/DQPkcFiDnyr/?img_index=1 Sophia's impressions]. One day later, she was supporting the charity event of ''Dancer against Cancer (DAC)'' - ''Gala of the Stars'' - [https://www.instagram.com/p/DQKf7_GEgce/?img_index=1 Soph's impressions] being side-by-side with legends of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOeEg4PTXEI 2024 Gala of the Stars | A Night of Dance, Philanthropy, and Inspiration]. Even [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liza_Minnelli Liza Minelli] was coming. The fund was raising over $700,000 USD<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/DQGdhe_jjTI/ Gala of the Stars' IG Raised Fund 2025]</ref>.

Her [https://www.instagram.com/dancemakersinc/reel/DQRxCXzEeIP/ senior class on October 26, 2025~~, in Nashville] for Dance Maker Inc~~.

Her [https://www.instagram.com/dancemakersinc/reel/DQRxCXzEeIP/ senior class for Dance Makers Inc., in Nashville] was held on October 26, 2025.

==Dances==

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| rowspan="4" |Requiem

| rowspan="4" |Contemporary

| rowspan="4" |~~unknown~~

| rowspan="4" |Kristen Hibbs

|Countdown (Fallbrook)

|unknown scoring

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==Personal Life==

*As of October 2025, Sophia is dating Ethan Bloem. They had their fifth anniversary at end of June 2025.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CfZrUMLv8eS/ Sophia`s IG]</ref> ~~He is a hip-hop dance instructor and Sophia's third boyfriend.~~

*As of October 2025, Sophia is dating Ethan Bloem. He is a hip-hop dance instructor and Sophia's third boyfriend. They had their fifth anniversary at end of June 2025.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CfZrUMLv8eS/ Sophia`s IG]</ref>

==Fun Facts==

*[https://www.instagram.com/p/DQ4tPVBki9E/?img_index=1 Soph's November 11, 2025 smartphone drop.]

*Before Sophie broke the offically world record, she had broken it twice unoffically by posting in 2012 two videos on YouTube where she did [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmeyKXDegFI 40 pirouettes] and [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IMbB6bmjBxA 54 pirouettes] in row at the age of 9. Both videos went viral, so the idea came up to call Guiness Officials, financed by sponsorship of ''Kids Artistic Revue'' and ''California Kisses'', and the event was held at her home studio San Diego Dance Center in Poway in front of hundreds of observers.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5JY7LlRKwT/ Soph's IG 11th WR anniversary]</ref> She broke the official one in her first attempt. She managed 47 pirouettes on the first attempt, 48 on the second and 55 on her third.<ref>[https://www.worldrecordacademy.com/arts/most_consecutive_pirouettes_Sophia_Lucia_smash_Guinness_world_record_213392.html Most consecutive pirouettes: Sophia Lucia smash Guinness world record (VIDEO)]</ref> The previous Guinness Book world record was [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaKWStmq7mM done by 36 pirouettes] on Dec 9, 2005 held by Miss Oklahoma 2012 [https://missoklahoma.org/about/history/miss-oklahoma-2012-alicia-clifton/ Alicia Clifton] at Applause Studio in Oklahoma at the age of 13 and she was the first female dancer to enter the Guinness Book of World Records in this category. At age 18, University College freshman Alicia Clifton had two world records under her belt. Alicia is still holding the most [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo250jmBl6I fouettés] in 30 seconds by done 50 at Guinness World Records Special in Beijing, China, on 19 December 2010.<ref>[https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-grandes-pirouettes-a-la-seconde-in-30-seconds-female-ballet Most grandes pirouettes a la seconde in 30 seconds (female)]</ref><ref>[https://www-oudaily-com/news/sooner-spins-her-way-into-world-record-book-for-dancing/article_9bb655e2-180e-5522-823b-86d0c3ce411c.html Sooner spins her way into world record book for dancing]</ref> Alicia got fame in many fields later, such as Runner-Up Miss America in 2013.<ref>[https://eu.oklahoman.com/story/entertainment/2013/01/12/miss-oklahoma-is-second-runner-up-in-miss-america-pageant/61014636007/ Miss Oklahoma is second runner-up in Miss America Pageant]</ref>

*Sophia completed her first pirouette when she was 4. Completed 4 in row when she was 5, and kept going on. In 2020, she got asked, if she can do world record again these days. She answered, she could, but it would hurt her. When she was training to break the world record she was turn so fast and so much on daily basis that she started to break blood vessels in her hands. Her hands would turn purple, swell and itch if she tried to turn that fast now. She said for pirouettes it`s all about physics and science - spot and momentum. Still these days she can do 8-9 pirouettes on call without moving a muscle in her face. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yntcoPCc_So Can Sophia Lucia still do her 55 turns?]</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1M1OXI0i1k Sophia Lucia Interview at her Guinness World Record Celebration]</ref>

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 }}'''Sophia Maria Lucia''' (born on September 7, 2002 in San Diego, California), is an internationally established, multi-awarded professional dance teacher, ballerina, industry dancer, choreographer, model<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CgneqgSJsEk/ Sophie`s IG - Director of Photography Claudio A. Robles 🇸🇻]</ref>, entrepreneur, psychologist, and a philanthropist with Italian, Irish, German, French and Swedish roots living in Los Angeles.
-She is holding the official Guinness Book world record by completing 55 consecutive pirouettes at the San Diego Dance Center in Poway, California, USA on 30 March 2013 at the age of 10.<ref>[https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/82089-most-consecutive-pirouettes-contemporary-dance#:~:text=The%20record%20for%20the%20most,USA%20on%2030%20March%202013. Guinness Book WR Lucia]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b1JLuv5WVQ Sophia Lucia - Record Breaker]</ref> She started managing her own founded [https://www.instagram.com/fallfiveintensive/ Fall Five Intensive workshops] ([https://www.fallfiveintensive.com/ HP], [https://www.tiktok.com/@_sophialucia/video/7552986592789433630 Promo]) since 2023, frequently running over two days for juniors and seniors. In last year as of October 2025, she worked often in European and Canadian cities, such as London, Paris, Calgary and Cracow, mostly as instructor or choreographer on major dance events. Meanwhile she is considered as part of the American Dance High Society.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/galaofthestars/ Gala of the Stars' IG]</ref><ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/DQKf7_GEgce/?img_index=1 Soph's IG DAC GOTS 2025]</ref>
+She is holding the official Guinness Book world record by completing 55 consecutive pirouettes at the San Diego Dance Center in Poway, California, USA on 30 March 2013 at the age of 10.<ref>[https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/82089-most-consecutive-pirouettes-contemporary-dance#:~:text=The%20record%20for%20the%20most,USA%20on%2030%20March%202013. Guinness Book WR Lucia]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b1JLuv5WVQ Sophia Lucia - Record Breaker]</ref> She started managing her own founded [https://www.instagram.com/fallfiveintensive/ Fall Five Intensive workshops] ([https://www.fallfiveintensive.com/ HP], [https://www.tiktok.com/@_sophialucia/video/7552986592789433630 Promo]) since 2023, frequently running over two days for juniors and seniors. In last year as of October 2025, she worked often in European and Canadian cities, such as London, Paris, Calgary and Cracow, mostly as instructor or choreographer on major dance events [https://www.instagram.com/p/DS78M3QDsG4/ 2025 Summary]. Meanwhile she is considered as part of the American Dance High Society.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/galaofthestars/ Gala of the Stars' IG]</ref><ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/DQKf7_GEgce/?img_index=1 Soph's IG DAC GOTS 2025]</ref>
 As a young dancer and choreographer, she was mostly trained at Master Ballet Academy in Scottsdale, Arizona, but she didn't graduate and aborted her education. She had danced and was trained before by San Diego Dance Centre and Danceology Performing Arts Campus, both owned by her cousins, Kristen Hibbs and Nicole Lucia respectively. So Sophia thinks she was basically born into dance.<ref>[https://www.naludamagazine.com/sophia-lucia-interview/ Naluda Magazine Exclusive interview with Sophia Lucia]</ref>
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 She has earned several National Champion Dance Titles, such as [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2fRCGa2wPQ The Dance Awards’s Junior Best Dancer 2014]. From a young age, she has been featured in numerous television shows such as [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXZKMSBo4Ic ‘Dancing with the Stars] and she got the honor to perform on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBS88fsRgOM The Finale],’ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAf8kxr8cyo ‘So You Think You Can Dance (Ukraine),’] - because for SYTYCD USA she had to be at least 18. Age limits were such fun killers in Soph`s career, but on January 2016 Sophia auditioned for ''So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation''. Her appearance was televised on the show's season premiere without that age limits. She made it past the audition stage, but did not get past the Academy round, as [[Ruby Castro]] was chosen over her. She performed also Disney’s hit show ''Shake it Up'', ''X-Factor'', Nickelodeon’s ''Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn'' and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVa2lyUkRy4 ''America's Got Talent''], plus several talk shows like [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqAITNfwN1U ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show''] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVTiLxbdPOU ''The Ricki Lake Show''], to name a few. She made her film debut in 2010 as child star icon, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pcUEmnGX2g Shirley Temple] in the Fox Legacy Movie ''The Shirley Temple Story''. That Sophie got chosen was not a fluke, because when she was [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwhcyGgDE_A first time covering Shirley she was two].
-Sophia got homeschooled since class one, but she visited about a year a private school at the age of 15, to get in contact with some peers to process her mobbing experience. But she felt she doesn't fit in and noone really would understand her. She felt lonely and it would made it acually worse. She thinks, because she got pro at such young age and was already travelling abroad so many times, she got much faster mature than her class mates, who didn't really understand her problems. She got her high school diploma at the age of 16 and went first to a community college for the next two years, because she was only 16 when she graduated and not ready to live by herself in New York yet, before she has finally transferred to a four-years university, when is was 18. She stated she will majoring in psychology at the New York University (NYU).<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/dancemoms/comments/a8y1h3/sophia_lucia_is_going_to_college_and_majors_in/ Sophia Lucia`s interview about her education]</ref> Ahhh... self-diagnostics. Her high school diploma is just recognized outside California since she graduated college (see also [https://www.chspe.org/about CHSPE]) and as to remember the corona quarantine measurements peaked at that time, especially in New York City, which had for sure an effect on her education as well. On March 2023, she said she went actually to the University of Arizona at the age of 18. She was studing psychology. Her goal was to become a sports pychologist and work with child prodigies, like she herself was, and try to avoid that they have to go through the same crap. The graduated as Bachelor with 20. She wanted go to on Master, but she wanted to dance and dropped it. <ref>[https://open.spotify.com/episode/0QKaapgxGmIdA7A3xnFkCM The Sitch - College Culture]</ref> She studied psychology, but we don't know if a bachelor degree is enough being allowed call oneself psychologist. <ref>[https://www.tiktok.com/@_sophialucia/video/7307389667035598126?lang=de-DE Soph's TikTok a little bit about me]</ref> At the University she was a loner and a geek as well, while many of her college mates had more parties, sex and drugs in mind. Especially the penetrant attempts of some people trying out some drugs made her really pissed. She prefers still today being at home after working and is going out mostly with her boyfriend. She said beyond him, she considers just two girls as her true friends, the rest are more or less down to a degree of being acquaintances. <ref>[https://open.spotify.com/episode/0QKaapgxGmIdA7A3xnFkCM The Sitch Podcast - College Culture]</ref><ref>[https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mmIwoOAjujr5eG5XRigz0 The Sitch Podcast - Quality Friendships]</ref>
+Sophia got homeschooled since class one, but she visited about a year a private school at the age of 15, to get in contact with some peers to process her mobbing experience. But she felt she doesn't fit in and noone really would understand her. She felt lonely and it would made it actually worse. She thinks, because she got pro at such young age and was already travelling abroad so many times, she got much faster mature than her class mates, who didn't really understand her problems. She got her high school diploma at the age of 16 and went first to a community college for the next two years, because she was only 16 when she graduated and not ready to live by herself in New York yet, before she has finally transferred to a four-years university, when is was 18. She stated she will majoring in psychology at the New York University (NYU).<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/dancemoms/comments/a8y1h3/sophia_lucia_is_going_to_college_and_majors_in/ Sophia Lucia`s interview about her education]</ref> Ahhh... self-diagnostics. Her high school diploma is just recognized outside California since she graduated college (see also [https://www.chspe.org/about CHSPE]) and as to remember the corona quarantine measurements peaked at that time, especially in New York City, which had for sure an effect on her education as well. On March 2023, she said she went actually to the University of Arizona at the age of 18. She was studing psychology. Her goal was to become a sports psychologist and work with child prodigies, like she herself was, and try to avoid that they have to go through the same crap. The graduated as Bachelor with 20. She wanted go to on Master, but she wanted to dance and dropped it. <ref>[https://open.spotify.com/episode/0QKaapgxGmIdA7A3xnFkCM The Sitch - College Culture]</ref> She studied psychology, but we don't know if a bachelor degree is enough being allowed call oneself psychologist. <ref>[https://www.tiktok.com/@_sophialucia/video/7307389667035598126?lang=de-DE Soph's TikTok a little bit about me]</ref> At the University she was a loner and a geek as well, while many of her college mates had more parties, sex and drugs in mind. Especially the penetrant attempts of some people trying out some drugs made her really pissed. She prefers still today being at home after working and is going out mostly with her boyfriend. She said beyond him, she considers just two girls as her true friends, the rest are more or less down to a degree of being acquaintances. <ref>[https://open.spotify.com/episode/0QKaapgxGmIdA7A3xnFkCM The Sitch Podcast - College Culture]</ref><ref>[https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mmIwoOAjujr5eG5XRigz0 The Sitch Podcast - Quality Friendships]</ref>
 Soph danced also many times as a philanthropist, such as for the [http://www.mda.org Muscular Dystrophy Association] in Jerry Lewis' MDA Telethon, and the former [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVLuhyfBeeU Lily Sarah Grace Foundation], which supported once to establish practicing arts in classrooms, for cognitive development both together with many other dance talents like [[Kaycee Rice]] & [[Sierra Neudeck]] and KAR TV's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHOpr39hd4U I'm a Dancer Against Cancer] with Madison Curtis. She supported many charities. She thinks it’s very important to give back and is such an eye opening thing, which makes you grow as a human being and granted also [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHjqHMefLyA one of her hard core fans a wish].
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 On October 20, 2025 Sophie got the Industry Dance Award in the category [https://www.instagram.com/p/DQDv0IliD2T/ 'Breakthrough Artist Award'] presented by 2024 winner, the legendary [[Autumn Miller]] - [https://www.instagram.com/p/DQH9D86Eqxg/?img_index=1 Sophia on the IDA2025], [https://www.instagram.com/p/DQPkcFiDnyr/?img_index=1 Sophia's impressions]. One day later, she was supporting the charity event of ''Dancer against Cancer (DAC)'' - ''Gala of the Stars'' - [https://www.instagram.com/p/DQKf7_GEgce/?img_index=1 Soph's impressions] being side-by-side with legends of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOeEg4PTXEI 2024 Gala of the Stars | A Night of Dance, Philanthropy, and Inspiration]. Even [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liza_Minnelli Liza Minelli] was coming. The fund was raising over $700,000 USD<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/DQGdhe_jjTI/ Gala of the Stars' IG Raised Fund 2025]</ref>.
-Her [https://www.instagram.com/dancemakersinc/reel/DQRxCXzEeIP/ senior class on October 26, 2025, in Nashville] for Dance Maker Inc.
+Her [https://www.instagram.com/dancemakersinc/reel/DQRxCXzEeIP/ senior class for Dance Makers Inc., in Nashville] was held on October 26, 2025.
 ==Dances==
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 | rowspan="4" |Requiem
 | rowspan="4" |Contemporary
-| rowspan="4" |unknown
+| rowspan="4" |Kristen Hibbs
 |Countdown (Fallbrook)
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 ==Personal Life==
-*As of October 2025, Sophia is dating Ethan Bloem. They had their fifth anniversary at end of June 2025.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CfZrUMLv8eS/ Sophia`s IG]</ref> He is a hip-hop dance instructor and Sophia's third boyfriend.
+*As of October 2025, Sophia is dating Ethan Bloem. He is a hip-hop dance instructor and Sophia's third boyfriend. They had their fifth anniversary at end of June 2025.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CfZrUMLv8eS/ Sophia`s IG]</ref>
 ==Fun Facts==
+*[https://www.instagram.com/p/DQ4tPVBki9E/?img_index=1 Soph's November 11, 2025 smartphone drop.]
 *Before Sophie broke the offically world record, she had broken it twice unoffically by posting in 2012 two videos on YouTube where she did [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmeyKXDegFI 40 pirouettes] and [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IMbB6bmjBxA 54 pirouettes] in row at the age of 9. Both videos went viral, so the idea came up to call Guiness Officials, financed by sponsorship of ''Kids Artistic Revue'' and ''California Kisses'', and the event was held at her home studio San Diego Dance Center in Poway in front of hundreds of observers.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5JY7LlRKwT/ Soph's IG 11th WR anniversary]</ref> She broke the official one in her first attempt. She managed 47 pirouettes on the first attempt, 48 on the second and 55 on her third.<ref>[https://www.worldrecordacademy.com/arts/most_consecutive_pirouettes_Sophia_Lucia_smash_Guinness_world_record_213392.html Most consecutive pirouettes: Sophia Lucia smash Guinness world record (VIDEO)]</ref> The previous Guinness Book world record was [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaKWStmq7mM  done by 36 pirouettes] on Dec 9, 2005 held by Miss Oklahoma 2012 [https://missoklahoma.org/about/history/miss-oklahoma-2012-alicia-clifton/ Alicia Clifton] at Applause Studio in Oklahoma at the age of 13 and she was the first female dancer to enter the Guinness Book of World Records in this category. At age 18, University College freshman Alicia Clifton had two world records under her belt. Alicia is still holding the most [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo250jmBl6I fouettés] in 30 seconds by done 50 at Guinness World Records Special in Beijing, China, on 19 December 2010.<ref>[https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-grandes-pirouettes-a-la-seconde-in-30-seconds-female-ballet Most grandes pirouettes a la seconde in 30 seconds (female)]</ref><ref>[https://www-oudaily-com/news/sooner-spins-her-way-into-world-record-book-for-dancing/article_9bb655e2-180e-5522-823b-86d0c3ce411c.html Sooner spins her way into world record book for dancing]</ref> Alicia got fame in many fields later, such as Runner-Up Miss America in 2013.<ref>[https://eu.oklahoman.com/story/entertainment/2013/01/12/miss-oklahoma-is-second-runner-up-in-miss-america-pageant/61014636007/ Miss Oklahoma is second runner-up in Miss America Pageant]</ref>
 *Sophia completed her first pirouette when she was 4. Completed 4 in row when she was 5, and kept going on. In 2020, she got asked, if she can do world record again these days. She answered, she could, but it would hurt her. When she was training to break the world record she was turn so fast and so much on daily basis that she started to break blood vessels in her hands. Her hands would turn purple, swell and itch if she tried to turn that fast now. She said for pirouettes  it`s all about physics and science - spot and momentum. Still these days she can do 8-9 pirouettes on call without moving a muscle in her face. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yntcoPCc_So Can Sophia Lucia still do her 55 turns?]</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1M1OXI0i1k Sophia Lucia Interview at her Guinness World Record Celebration]</ref>