Karina Smirnoff made her first appearance on Dancing With The Stars in Season 3, when she and partner Mario Lopez finished second Season to Emmitt Smith and Cheryl Burke. They partnered off the dance floor, too, dating for two years until 2008.

Born in the Ukraine, Karina is a very successful competitive dancer, a five-time U.S. national champion and winner of national open titles in several regions.

Karina is engaged to fellow DWTS pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy, with whom she has also danced competitively. Karina is dancing with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in Season 8 of Dancing With The Stars.




KARINA SMIRNOFF RESULTS

Season	Partner	Finish	Best score	Worst score
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3	Mario Lopez	2nd
Season 4	Billy Ray Cyrus	5th
Season 5	Floyd Mayweather	9th
Season 6	Mario	5th
Season 7	Rocco DiSpirito	9th
Season 8	Steve Wozniak

KARINA SMIRNOFF PHOTOS

Karina Smirnoff and Mario Lopez	Karina Smirnoff
Karina Smirnoff and Mario Lopez	Karina Smirnoff and Mario (Season 6)