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A woman who had her dancing career brutally ended when a love rival pushed her off a stage and broke her ankle has revealed how she waited eight years for her revenge by impersonating her attacker and canceling her wedding.    

Landon LaRue, now 35, from Los Angeles, had dreamed of being a dancer since she was a toddler and joined a professional company at the age of 17.

But her dream was ripped away when a fellow dancer pushed her off the stage because she was talking to a boy she liked.

The fall resulted in a broken ankle which meant she was unable to dance professionally and was kicked out of the company.

Now a digital marketing manager, Landon finally got her revenge after eight years when she heard through a mutual friend that the love rival was getting married.

She then contacted all of the bride’s wedding vendors just three days before the big day to cancel, ruining the ceremony.

Landon LaRue, now 35, from Los Angeles, had dreamed of being a dancer since she was a toddler and joined a professional company at the age of 17

Landon LaRue, now 35, from Los Angeles, had dreamed of being a dancer since she was a toddler and joined a professional company at the age of 17

Landon's dream was ripped away when a fellow dancer pushed her off the stage because she was talking to a boy she liked

Landon’s dream was ripped away when a fellow dancer pushed her off the stage because she was talking to a boy she liked

Landon said: ‘I always wanted to be a dancer. My mom still has pictures of me performing when I was two or three years old.

‘It was my dream so my mom put me in dance classes to nurture my talent.

‘I finally made it into the dance company when I was 17 but I had skipped a year so I was the youngest there.

‘The girl who shoved me was 20 at the time and I was talking to this guy she had a crush on.

‘We were just friends, I didn’t have a car so he would drive me to church.

The fall resulted in a broken ankle which meant she was unable to dance professionally and was kicked out of the company

The fall resulted in a broken ankle which meant she was unable to dance professionally and was kicked out of the company

Landon explained that she was rehearsing on stage when the love rival ran behind her, did a ‘cartoon-ish hip bash’ and pushed her off the stage. 

‘At first, I didn’t feel anything because of the adrenaline but then it started to hurt and my ankle was swollen.

‘Everyone thought I was overreacting until I started to cry and I was taken to the hospital.

‘X-rays revealed it was broken and I was out of the dance company as I would be in recovery for a while.

Now a digital marketing manager, Landon finally got her revenge after eight years when she heard the love rival was getting married through a mutual friend

Now a digital marketing manager, Landon finally got her revenge after eight years when she heard the love rival was getting married through a mutual friend

‘It was devastating but I believed I would come back stronger and I had physio therapy.

‘I went off to university and danced as a back-up option, but eventually realized I wouldn’t be a dancer as I still couldn’t point my foot – and can’t to this day.

‘I fell into a depression in my final year and finished college early.

‘I developed an eating disorder and a fear of heights, the incident wrecked my life.’

The California-based beauty started plotting her revenge almost a decade after the life-changing incident when she acquired details of the dancer’s wedding and used it to ruin the ceremony.

She added: ‘The girl never apologized for what she did. I would have fantasies of her falling off the stage, but never actually planned on doing anything.

The California-based beauty started plotting her revenge almost a decade after the life-changing incident when she acquired details of the dancer's wedding and used it to ruin the ceremony.

The California-based beauty started plotting her revenge almost a decade after the life-changing incident when she acquired details of the dancer’s wedding and used it to ruin the ceremony.

‘Finally, one of my mutual friends at the company told me she was the maid of honor at her wedding.

‘She wasn’t even getting married to the guy she had pushed me off the stage for and she had left dancing to be a teacher.

‘She didn’t even live the life she sacrificed my career for and I was angry.

‘My friend had the wedding binder and left me alone with it.

‘I took pictures of every page and had all the details of the vendors and their numbers.

‘I still didn’t know exactly what I would do, but I had what I needed.

‘I waited and three days before the wedding I called every vendor apart from the photographer and efficient as they were her family members and cancelled.

Despite the bride ruining her shining dance career, Landon eventually apologised for spoiling her ceremony after she was tipped off about who actually cancelled all the services

Despite the bride ruining her shining dance career, Landon eventually apologised for spoiling her ceremony after she was tipped off about who actually cancelled all the services

‘She had no flowers, linen, make-up artist, venue or caterer but still had to pay for their services.

‘Some time after the wedding the maid of honour told me that the couple had wed in her back garden, and that she had to do her own hair and make up.’

Despite the bride ruining her shining dance career, Landon eventually apologised for spoiling her ceremony after she was tipped off about who actually cancelled all the services.

Landon said: ‘She found out it was me and I apologised.

‘She said it was the worst day of her life and I did feel bad about what I had done.

‘I wanted to bury the hatchet.

Landon says she now wishes she had sued her love rival instead of plotting revenge

Landon says she now wishes she had sued her love rival instead of plotting revenge

‘She had just given birth to her first baby and was feeling empathetic so she didn’t press charges.

‘I’ve moved on and wouldn’t do anything like that again, I’m over it.

‘The incident scarred me for life and installed a fear of heights and eating disorder but I’ve learned how to process things after years of therapy and would act differently.

‘If I had my time again, I would probably have sued her for the shove instead of plotting a long revenge.’

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