Edyta Sliwinska
| Edyta Śliwińska | |
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Śliwińska at the 2009 American Music Awards.
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| Born |
May 6, 1981 Warsaw, Poland |
| Occupation | Ballroom dancer |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Spouse(s) | Alec Mazo (2007-present) |
| Children | Michael Alexander Mazo (January 4, 2014) |
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.
Śliwińska was born in Warsaw, Poland, and comes from a working-class Polish background. She took her first dancing class at age 12.
In the debut season of Dancing with the Stars in June 2005, Śliwińska partnered boxing champion Evander Holyfield, with whom she placed 5th in the competition.
For the second season, she was paired with actor George Hamilton, and again came in 5th place.
With the third season, her partner was actor Joey Lawrence, and the couple achieved 3rd place. Śliwińska and Lawrence were part of the first performance tour of the show from December 19, 2006 to February 11, 2007.
For Season 4, she originally had Vincent Pastore as her partner, but Pastore dropped out after a week of training, as he was unable to keep up with the hard pace of preparation. On March 2, John Ratzenberger was announced to be Pastore's replacement, giving Ratzenberger the least time of any celebrity to prepare for the series at the time. On May 1, 2007, Sliwinska and Ratzenberger became the sixth couple eliminated from the competition, with a finish of 6th place.
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