New Career Path
McKayla used that newfound fame to make a dramatic shift in her preferred career path. Did she show any signs that she wanted to make such a pivot before that photograph was taken? Anyone following her career thought it came from nowhere!
Energetic Child
Maroney told one interviewer at the Orange County Register that she liked watching Tarzan on television and running around the floor on her hands and knees when she was younger. Her mom realized that this girl needed to be in gymnastics!