Originally appeared on E! Online

Alix Earle is tear-ing up the dance floor.

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As the influencer prepares to set foot on the dance floor one last time for the season 34 finale of " Dancing With the Stars " on Nov. 25, she shared a heartfelt note of gratitude as she detailed what this journey has meant to her.

“[I] just wanted to say thank you guys for all the support,” Earle said through tears in a Nov. 24 TikTok , “because coming onto the show — some people saying I shouldn't do it — and it was something I wanted to do for myself.”

She added that she’d always watched the show and thought it “would be so crazy to get out there and do that someday,” but knew that joining the cast of season 34 would be

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