Karina Smirnoff

Ukrainian dancer Karina Smirnoff earned such ballroom titles as Asian Open Champion, five-time U.S. National Champion, and World Trophy Champion before participating as a multi-season non-celebrity contender in ABC's prime-time reality series Dancing with the Stars. Her celebrity partners in that venue included actor Mario Lopez (with whom she took second place in the third season, and subsequently dated), country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, and boxer Floyd Mayweather. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide