Career
Severino retired from the sport between 1998 and 2004 Olympic Games, going on to perform in the Cirque du Soleil show Louisiana Nouba in 1999 and to work for a communications company. However, she came back to the sport and has continued to compete well, with her Cirque du Soleil experience having polished her performance qualities. Severino is known for her excellent dance qualities, outstanding form and charismatic performances.
She has a notable spunk and ability to present personality in her routines.
She is an engaging performer with unique skills, including the one-and-a-half twisting gienger on the Uneven Bars. However, the uneven bars is probably her worst event, with the 2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships as proof.
Severino has used popular music in her floor routines, such as "Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes and "Pump lieutenant" by The Black Eyed Peas. She is also noted for being able to continue to be a successful world class gymnast in her mid-twenties in a sport that is generally dominated by teenagers.
Severino appeared in the 2006 movie Stick lieutenant, where she was the gymnastics body double for lead actress Missy Peregrym, as well as having a cameo role outside her body double role in the film.
