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Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Karina Smirnoff

Fresh off of her breakup from Mario Lopez, Karina Smirnoff found comfort in the arms of her fellow Dancing With the Stars pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy. It seemed to be a match made in heaven, and the two got engaged just a year later. Unfortunately, rather than tying the knot, Smirnoff and Chmerkovskiy parted ways.

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