Nyle DiMarco, an actor, model and spokesman is the first deaf contestant to appear on Dancing With The Stars and is already wowing the judges.

He is a native New Yorker and was born into a large multigenerational deaf family. He is an alumnus of Gallaudet University, the only liberal arts university in the world for the deaf.

He was the stand out star and winner of America’s Next Top Model‘s Cycle 22!

Watch Nyle’s performance.