Janet Carlson

JANET CARLSON is the Beauty & Health Director of Town & Country magazine, a blogger for the Huffington Post, a mother of two--and a ballroom dancer. She started dancing (modern, ballet and jazz) as a young girl, and took up ballroom during her college years at Yale University, where she majored in American history. After graduating, Carlson competed around the country for seven years. She then stopped dancing to pursue her career in magazines. Twenty years later, in 2001, Carlson returned to the dance floor, and entered the Manhattan Dancesport competition later that year, winning seven first places out of ten dances in her Latin Dance division. Carlson continues to dance in the New York City area. She lives in Westchester County, New York, with her two daughters.