Mario lopez and karina smirnoff

American professional ballroom dancer

Karina Smirnoff^[a] (born Karina Smyrnova^[b], January 2, 1978)^[1][2] is a professional ballroom dancer.^[3] She is known as a professional dancer on Dancing with the Stars, where she won the thirteenth season with army veteran and soap opera star J.

R. Martinez. She has also won two runner-up titles, a semifinal title, and several quarterfinal titles.

She is a five-time U.S. National Champion, World Trophy Champion, and Asian Open Champion. She has won the title at the UK Open, is a three-time champion at the US Open, two-time champion at the Asian Open, five-time champion at the Dutch Open, and five-time US National Professional Champion.

She has taken second at the British Open Blackpool Dance Festival,^[4] and the first woman to reach the British Professional Final with three different partners, and surpassed her own distinction by being the only woman to hav