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Edyta Śliwińska

Edyta Śliwińska (Polish pronunciation: [ɛˈdɨta ɕlʲiˈvʲiɲska]; born May 6, 1981) is a Polish professional ballroom dancer who is starring in the stage show Dance Temptation. She is best known for her appearances on the American version of the reality television series Dancing with the Stars, where she appeared on all of the first ten seasons of the show.

Edyta Śliwińska

(1981-05-06) May 6, 1981

Warsaw, Poland

Ballroom dancer

5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

(m. 2007)

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Early life[edit]

Śliwińska was born in Warsaw, Poland, and comes from a working-class Polish background.[1] She took her first dancing class at age 12.[2]

Personal life[edit]

Śliwińska's husband and professional partner in dance competitions is Alec Mazo, who also participated in Dancing with the Stars, winning with Kelly Monaco. They have danced together for over 6 years and have performed together multiple times for Dancing with the Stars results shows in pair numbers. They married on September 1, 2007. The couple welcomed their son, Michael Alexander Mazo, on January 4, 2014.[7] On June 18, 2017, she gave birth to their second child, a daughter Leia Josephine.

Emerald Ball Latin Amateur Champion

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1st Place - 2001 International Grand Ball (San Francisco)

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1st Place - 2001 Holiday Ball (Las Vegas, Nevada)

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Śliwińska appeared in a Jared's jewelry commercial along with fellow Dancing With the Stars pros , Alec Mazo,[9] and Shalene Archer Ermis.

Maksim Chmerkovskiy

She played Ruby Love on on the 13th episode of season 5 called "Rush to Judgment", where she played a salsa dance teacher who was involved in a murder.[10]

CSI:NY

In 2013, Śliwińska appeared on the May 13th edition of Raw as the dance partner of Dancing with the Stars alumni Chris Jericho during a Dance-Off segment between Jericho and herself against Fandango and his partner Summer Rae.[11]

WWE

– official Twitter profile

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– official website

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– official Myspace profile

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at IMDb

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DancePlaza.com entry for Alex Mazo and Edyta