▁Y ahoo ▁commercial . ▁She ▁also ▁participated ▁in ▁a ▁challenge ▁to ▁beat ▁a ▁Gu in ness ▁world ▁record . ▁ ▁W are ▁hon ed ▁her ▁y od eling ▁skills ▁while ▁taking ▁less ons ▁from ▁country ▁music ▁star ▁Mar go ▁Smith ▁who ▁is ▁known ▁world wide ▁as ▁the ▁Tennessee ▁Y od eler . ▁Short ly ▁after ▁taking ▁y od eling ▁less ons ▁from ▁Smith , ▁W are ▁was ▁the ▁runner - up ▁on ▁the ▁N BC ▁show ▁America ' s ▁Got ▁Tal ent ▁in ▁August ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 2 ▁and ▁finished ▁in ▁the ▁top ▁ 5 . ▁ ▁W are ▁performed ▁on ▁the ▁Grand ▁Ole ▁O pr y ▁with ▁R iders ▁in ▁the ▁Sky ▁when ▁she ▁was ▁nine ▁years ▁old . ▁At ▁age ▁eleven , ▁she ▁competed ▁on ▁N BC ' s ▁America ' s ▁Got ▁Tal ent ▁and ▁was ▁selected ▁by ▁the ▁view ers ▁on ▁July ▁ 1 3 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁to ▁advance ▁to ▁the ▁final ▁competition ▁( which ▁a ired ▁on ▁August ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 ). ▁She ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁top ▁five ▁final ists ▁but ▁she ▁lost ▁to ▁ 1 1 - year - old ▁Bian ca ▁Ryan ▁and ▁Irish ▁step - d anc ers / f idd lers , ▁C elt ic ▁Spring . ▁The ▁million - d ollar ▁prize ▁was ▁later ▁awarded ▁to ▁Ryan . ▁ ▁When ▁W are ▁was ▁nine , ▁she ▁was ▁given ▁a ▁dog ▁as ▁a ▁gift