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Dancing With the Stars' Karina Smirnoff Talks Wedding Plans & Having Kids!

Pro hoofer gives us details about her and baseball player Brad Penny's big day and starting a family

By Marc Malkin, Brett Malec Mar 01, 2011 2:30 PMTags
Karina Smirnoff, Brad Penny Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images for ESPN

Will Karina Smirnoff be competing during the next season of Dancing With the Stars?

If she isn't, it's not like she doesn't have enough to worry about these days. The pro hoofer has her wedding to pro baseballer Brad Penny to plan.

What's in store for the nuptials? And how about having kids? Here's what Ms. Smirnoff just told us...

"I can't wait to become a mom," Smirnoff said while filming a PSA for the Creative Coalition at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills. "I love kids. My manager has a beautiful boy who's my godson. He's in the terrible twos right now. The wonderful twos I must say. But I do want my own kids.

"Obviously your significant other is always a baby to some respect," she laughed. "A big one: a 6-foot-5 baby but still a baby!"

As for the wedding, they're aiming for next January.  "It's a destination wedding," Smirnoff said. "It's perfect. I think we found the perfect place but I can't reveal it just yet because it's like, we want to confirm it."

And Smirnoff's dress?

"Big fairy-tale [dress]," she gushed. "I want that train to be as long as long Hollywood Boulevard because it's like, you only get to wear it once. I want it to be memorable. Like a princess."