Karina Smirnoff
Celebrity Partner:
Aaron Carter
Style:
Latin
Nationality:
Ukranian
Did You Know?
Guest-starred on Hannah Montana after partnering with Billy Ray Cyrus
PROFESSIONAL BIO
CELEBRITY PARTNER: Aaron Carter
BACKGROUND:
Karina was born in the Ukraine before she made her way to the U.S. with her family at the age of 12. And speaking of her family, we're giving a great big shout out to Karina's folks for getting her started with ballet lessons when she was five. Think they had any idea what they started?!
At the age of nine, Karina was introduced to ballroom dancing and fell in love with it. After high school, she graduated from Fordham University but put her academic studies on hold to pursue her ballroom dancing career in the United Kingdom.
We first fell in love with Karina during Season 3 when she swung into a second place finish with partner Mario Lopez. Not bad for a DWTS rookie. The next season she finished fifth with Billy Ray Cyrus. The two would team up again after their last dance when Karina guest starred on Hannah Montana.
Karina and her former partner Slavik Kryklyvyy shared tremendous success winning the U.S. Championships and many other world titles and were ranked second in the world in the Latin division.
Some of the guys around here got a little bit jealous of Aaron Carter when they found out he was going to take stage with this sexy, sultry beauty in Season Nine of Dancing With The Stars. We can't wait to see how far they go!
ACHIEVEMENTS:
- Five-time U.S. National Champion
- World Trophy Champion
- Asian Open Champion
PRIOR CELEBRITY PARTNERS:
Mario Lopez
Billy Ray Cyrus
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Rocco DiSpirito
Mario
Steve Wozniak
GET TO KNOW THE STARS
GET TO KNOW THE PROFESSIONALS
GET TO KNOW THE JUDGES
GET TO KNOW THE HOSTS
FINAL FIVE - BALLROOM
Watch and score Week 8's dances
- 1. Mya & Dmitry's Quickstep Judges' scores: 9|10|10 (29 points)
- 2. Aaron & Katrina's Foxtrot Judges' scores: 7|8|8 (23 points)
- 3. Joanna & Derek's Quickstep Judges' scores: 8|7|8 (23 points)
- 4. Kelly & Louis' Foxtrot Judges' scores: 8|8|9 (25 points)
- 5. Donny & Kym's Viennese Waltz Judges' scores: 9|8|9 (26 points)