Karina Smirnoff sets winter wedding date

Dancing With the Stars pro Karina Smirnoff is not going to be a typical June bride.

She's planning a winter wedding with MLB pitcher Brad Penny, who plays for the Detroit Tigers.

"We just set our wedding date [for] Jan. 21, 2012," she tells Hollyscoop.com. "We're both going to be on hiatus. It's a destination wedding (in Cozumel, Mexico, according to BleacherReport.com. We're extremely excited. We can't wait."

She met Penny through a mutual friend and Dancing alum, UFC fighter Chuck Liddell. "When we first met I felt super comfortable with him and it was just a connection from the first moment we saw each other."

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