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24 Times Laurie Hernandez Was The Most Adorable Human In 2016

Thanks for brightening our year, Human Emoji.

1. When she hugged her sister:

2. When she served some sass:

3. When she posted this sibling selfie:

4. When she was positively RADIANT:

5. When she was fierce AF:

6. And when she was all smiles:

7. When she shone brightly like a diamond:

8. When you wanted someone to look at you like Laurie looked at Simone Biles:

9. When she redefined #SquadGoals:

10. When Aly Raisman tucked her into bed:

11. When she won silver on beam at the freakin' Olympics:

12. When she met Zac Efron:

13. When she hugged Madison Kocian:

14. When she took a selfie with Kayne:

15. When she started competing on Dancing With the Stars:

16. When she threw the first pitch at the Mets game:

17. When she beamed as part of #TeamValaur:

18. When she got a cookie to match her smile:

19. When #TeamValaur was adorable performing Duck Tales:

20. When she juggled fruit with Michelle Obama and the girls:

21. When her smile was as contagious as ever:

22. When she killed it on the red carpet at The CMAs:

23. When she was adorable with her pal Val:

24. And, of course, when she won the Mirror Ball Trophy:

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