Karina Smirnova
Born: January 2, 1978 (1978-01-02) (age 33)
Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Other names: Karyna Kylkova, Karyna Smirnoff, Karyna Smirnova
Occupation: Dancer
Smirnoff dated actor Mario Lopez after having been partnered with him during the fall 2006 third season of Dancing with the Stars. The relationship lasted from fall 2006 until June 2008.After Lopez, she began dating fellow Ukrainian and Dancing With the Stars dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy in the summer of 2008.
They announced their engagement on December 31, 2008, but broke up in September, 2009 before they got married.In October 2009, Smirnoff began dating MLB pitcher Brad Penny. The couple became engaged on October 4, 2010.The star of "Dancing with the Stars" has set a wedding date. E! News reports that Karina and baseball player Brad Penny will exchange vows on January 21, 2012 in Cozumel, Mexico. Expect an epic wedding dress. Karina says she wants the gown's train "to be as long as Hollywood Boulevard.""I have a lot of family and friends that live in Europe and Israel, and Brad has a big family in Oklahoma," Smirnoff said. "It's going to be a very diverse, colorful crowd.""We're down to six, which is better than 20," she told People. "You always have to look at the glass half full." "I'm very open to the colors, the setting, the flowers. I'm very easy... the only thing I do want is that big dress with the train. Even if it's just me walking in a dress, I'm all good."
