Karina Smirnoff Playboy Cover: Revealed!
If you haven't heard, Karina Smirnoff is taking it all off for Playboy.
Below, we've posted the first glimpse of the magazine's cover featuring the Dancing With the Stars stunner, leaving very little to the imagination in a sheer bodysuit that previews what Hugh Hefner calls an "unforgettable pictorial."
"As a dancer I've always embraced my body," the 33-year-old told said. "I'm thrilled to show off my strong, toned physique in Playboy and celebrate my sexiness."
Bet you most guys won't be complaining about that notion ...
Ralph Macchio Reignites the DWTS Romance
After a strong start this season, Ralph Macchio took a step back last week on Dancing With the Stars. The issue? His lack of chemistry with Karina Smirnoff.
Yes, lack of chemistry with Karina Smirnoff. Future Playboy cover girl Karina Smirnoff. If that can't ignite a little romance into your waltz, you've got issues.
Fortunately, he got the memo this week, climbing back up the leaderboard with an inspired performance that tied him with Hines Ward for second place.
Watch his strong bounce-back effort right here:
Karina Smirnoff Playboy Pictorial "Unforgettable," Gushes Hef
Karina Smirnoff says her reason for posing in Playboy was to test her limits.
We're not too sure what that means, but Hugh Hefner's reason was simpler:
She's hot as hell and has a huge following on Dancing With the Stars.
Hugh's eighty freaking five and still a playa.
"I think it's obvious," Hef told People at his 85th birthday party Saturday. "She has a very good following from the show and the pictorial is unforgettable."
The Playboy founder, who still plans on marrying Crystal Harris this summer, wasn't at the shoot but has seen the spread, which incorporates Karina's dancing.
"It's a beautiful shoot and I'm very proud of it," said Hefner, who adds that Karina is perfect because "Sexy is the comfortable feeling of being who you are."
[Photos: WENN.com]
Karina Smirnoff to Pose Nude in Playboy
Dancing With the Stars' Karina Smirnoff will bear all in May issue of Playboy. A Twitter post this afternoon from Hugh Hefner of all people confirmed this.
"May issue of Playboy is unforgettable with Dancing With The Stars Karina Smirnoff on the cover & nude inside," wrote the octogenarian founder.
Not exactly something we would have predicted, but Karina certainly has the looks. Wonder if Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris vote for her on DWTS ...
Next month's Playboy cover girl is a Dancing pro.
Karina, who was once engaged to Maksim Chmerkovskiy, is currently engaged to MLB pitcher Brad Penny - and paired with Ralph Macchio on DWTS.
[Photo: WENN.com]
AMA Fashion Face-Off: Brandy vs. Karina Smirnoff
Fresh off her stunning elimination from Dancing With the Stars, which airs its final performances of the season tonight, Brandy stepped out for the AMAs Sunday.
Despite the fact that she clearly should be competing for the title and not watching with us tonight, her sparkly pants brought a little of the Mirror Ball with her.
The same goes for Karina Smirnoff, whose DWTS partner The Situation was featured in a fashion face-off by THG a few minutes ago. Who looked better? Vote:
Karina Smirnoff and Brad Penny: Engaged!
Forget a penny for her thoughts. Karina Smirnoff officially has a Penny for life.
The Dancing with the Stars professional has agreed to marry pitcher Brad Penny, who proposed to the waltzing beauty on October 4.
"We kept it quiet because my family is in New York and Brad's family is in Oklahoma so we kind of wanted them to come out and celebrate and be a family first before we let the cat out of the bag," Smirnoff said.
Karina, who has famously dated Mario Lopez and Maksim Chmerkovskiy, describes Penny as a "southern gentleman." He shocked her with his proposal at a restaurant in Los Angels following a DWTS taping this season. The pair met through a mutual friend, UFC fighter Chuck Liddell.
Penny has a career 4.11 ERA and last pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals.
Odd Situation: Mike and Karina Foxtrot to "Boom Boom Pow" on Dancing With the Stars
On Monday's Dancing With the Stars, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino showed signs of improvement for the third consecutive week. That's the good news.
The bad news? A wacky version of the foxtrot set to the Black Eyed Peas' hit "Boom Boom Pow" that had the judges panel scratching its collective heads.
Check out Mike's latest rug-cutting effort below ...
The Situation Attempts to Foxtrot
Using a time machine as a prop to tell a story through time, The Situation and Karina Smirnoff's effort was summed up by judge Len Goodman as such:
"If that's your future, I am glad I live in the past. I don't wanna be nasty, but if you were dancing in my backyard, I'd have to draw the curtain." Ouch.
Bruno Tonioli called it a "land of the lost fox trot," though he added it was "entertaining ... in a very weird way." It did earn a reasonable 20 out of 30 ...
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Will The Situation Smash Karina Smirnoff?
Among the many burning questions surrounding the new season of Dancing With the Stars is whether Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino will find time to prepare with his partner Karina Smirnoff, given his busy Jersey Shore filming schedule.
We also wonder if he'll hit that.
Despite what a player this guy is - or thinks he is, as evidenced by his dry humping of many females on last week's Jersey Shore episode - some are skeptical.
Will there be any dirty dancing between these two?
"Mike doesn’t have any game," Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi said at the MTV Video Music Awards. “He thinks he does, but he doesn’t. Karina’s just going to run away.”
Even Sitch’s partner-in-crime, Pauly D, thinks Smirnoff will be tough to pursue. “That’s going to be a challenge for him,” he says. “I know he likes the challenge.”
Ronnie Magro probably had the best take on The Situation-Karina situation, however, opining: “He can try to hook up with her. For her sake, I hope he doesn’t.”
Karina Smirnoff is Unfamilar with Her Situation on Dancing with the Stars
There's a reason why the recently-released set of Dancing with the Stars promotional photos is missing a well-sculpted six-pack of abs:
Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino is yet to even meet partner Karina Smirnoff, a major obstacle in the path of this pair's championship hopes.
"I think were literally the only couple who will only have about five days to get ready for the premiere on national television," Smirnoff told MTV. "Everyone else is going to have three and half weeks. I know I have to be very clever in the choreography... we might try to implement the fist-pumping for the first episode."
Or there's gotta be some routine that features tanning and laundry, right?
Karina Smirnoff Won't Be Dancing with the Stars
On Monday, ABC will announce the new cast of Dancing with the Stars. It will only be comprised of 11 celebrities, which means a few professionals won't return to the competition.
Foremost among them? Karina Smirnoff.
While the brunette beauty won't be seen on camera, she'll be "helping with choreography," a source told E! News. "It's just going to be behind the scenes."
Added another insider: "She's always been choreographing for the show. She's a big part of the result shows. She's like family there."
The family will shrink a bit in season ten, however, as Lacey Schwimmer and Jonathon Roberts also haven't been invited back. One of these sources said the decisions to axe long-time contributors "wasn't easy," but:
"Producers cut people based on the celebrities and who they'd be a good match with."
So far, the only set of breasts name to have been leaked as part of the new cast is Pamela Anderson. She ought to make for a bouncy, poorly-dressed competitor.
