Personal Life
Smirnoff dated her DWTS partner Mario Lopez from 2006 to June 2008. After Lopez, she began dating fellow Ukrainian Dancing With the Stars dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy in the summer of 2008. They announced their engagement on December 31, 2008, but broke up in September 2009 before they got married.
In October 2009, Smirnoff began dating MLB pitcher Brad Penny. The couple became engaged on October 4, 2010. The couple broke their engagement in December 2011.
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