DWTS Mirror Ball Champions
Maksim Chmerkovskiy
and Peta Murgatroyd
to Waltz Down the Isle!
“She said ‘yes’,” former DWTS Pro, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, announced suddenly on Instagram on Saturday, December 5th, accompanying the elated message with a telling photo of the eldest Chmerkovskiy brother bent down on one knee in front of a tearful looking Peta Murgatroyd, holding up a sparkling diamond ring.
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| Maks and Peta |
Maks was, of course, referring to the response given to him by his then girlfriend and fellow Mirror Ball Champion, Peta, after he surprised her (and the world at large!) by charismatically popping the question, following the couple’s performance on Sway: A Dance Trilogy (an annual dancing event hosted jointly by Maks, his brother, Valentin Chmerkovskiy, and their good friend, Tony Dovolani).
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| Maks and Peta |
“I’m in love with you and I want to be in love with you for the rest of my life,” Maks had sweetly stated to Peta, according to usmagazine.com, just before voicing those four, fateful words, “Will you marry me?”
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The afore mentioned “yes” from Peta was then duly met with many cheers and much elation, being enthusiastically doled out from the watching group of fellow performers, that included a smiling Val and Tony, crowding around the happy couple to witness the romantic scene unfold.
With a newly received Engagement band now fitted merrily on her left ring finger, the Bride-to-be then followed up her Fiancé’s ecstatic announcement on Social Media with a special message of her own!
“I said yes!!!!!!” recounted Peta on Instagram, along with what seems to be a post-Proposal pic of the couple sharing a kiss.
“You have my heart forever my love.” the moving caption continued. “Love always wins @Maksc.”
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| Maks and Peta |
The conclusion of the message perhaps refers to Peta and Maks’ tumulus beginnings as a couple...
The pair had started dating in 2012; but, as Peta explains, the love that has now fully and beautifully blossomed between them needed just a little time to grow!
“I thought he as arrogant,” admitted Peta of her first 2009 meeting with her future Husband, in a recent in-depth Interview given by People.
“Okay, that’s a defense mechanism,” laughed Maks in response to Peta’s reflections; “I think she was in love with me at first sight and just doesn’t want to admit it.”
“No, I walked in the way I walk in … it’s just a lot of presence,” he added, describing his arrival on the set of the Broadway Show, Burn the Floor (in which he and Peta had been cast).
Undaunted, Peta continued, “I learned to like him because I found out he wasn’t that arrogant. He was really generous to the entire cast; and our friendship grew and grew.”
Over the next few years Peta and Maks would maintain their relationship status-quo as just being Friends and at length co-workers, on Dancing With The Stars; but even then, “there was always an attraction,” shared Peta.
Eventually, of course, that pestering “attraction” would win out, as the resistant pair finally gave and began seeing each other.
But what might have initially appeared to be an all enveloping romance swiftly came to grinding halt after mere months of going out together.
“My heart was broken,” recalled Peta (during that same Interview) of Maks calling it quits with her; and, it seems that hers wasn’t the only one!
“I have a close-knit circle of family and friends and they all love her [Peta],” stated Maks, before disclosing that his Mom had placed him in “time out for like a month …” following his early 2013 Breakup.
“I needed time to grow up,” he would later reason of his Breakup. Still, Maks is certainly man enough to admit when he’s wrong, as he added, “I realized right away that I’d made a mistake, so I would take every opportunity to hover around [Peta].”
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| Maks and Peta |
“Okay, that’s a defense mechanism,” laughed Maks in response to Peta’s reflections; “I think she was in love with me at first sight and just doesn’t want to admit it.”
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| Maks and Peta |
“No, I walked in the way I walk in … it’s just a lot of presence,” he added, describing his arrival on the set of the Broadway Show, Burn the Floor (in which he and Peta had been cast).
Undaunted, Peta continued, “I learned to like him because I found out he wasn’t that arrogant. He was really generous to the entire cast; and our friendship grew and grew.”
Over the next few years Peta and Maks would maintain their relationship status-quo as just being Friends and at length co-workers, on Dancing With The Stars; but even then, “there was always an attraction,” shared Peta.
Eventually, of course, that pestering “attraction” would win out, as the resistant pair finally gave and began seeing each other.
But what might have initially appeared to be an all enveloping romance swiftly came to grinding halt after mere months of going out together.
“My heart was broken,” recalled Peta (during that same Interview) of Maks calling it quits with her; and, it seems that hers wasn’t the only one!
“I have a close-knit circle of family and friends and they all love her [Peta],” stated Maks, before disclosing that his Mom had placed him in “time out for like a month …” following his early 2013 Breakup.
“I needed time to grow up,” he would later reason of his Breakup. Still, Maks is certainly man enough to admit when he’s wrong, as he added, “I realized right away that I’d made a mistake, so I would take every opportunity to hover around [Peta].”
More years passed and the couples’ rumor-mill began to churn once more as the gossip spread of their rekindled love for one another when the two were spotted holding hands in May of this year.
A source would later help to confirm the couples’ reconciliation, adding that they were “simply warming up and not going full-speed ahead on their relationship.”
It would seem, however, that absence had already done its work in causing Maks’ heart to grow even fonder, as the 35-year-old Dancer is clearly now ready to “floor it”, being more than at ease with the notion of taking that proverbial “Plunge” with Peta after only a brief time of being back together!
But despite the involvement of what are apparently violent affections for one another, the offer of Marriage, albeit delightful, seems to have come as a complete surprise for everyone including Peta, 29, whose visibly emotional expression (exhibited upon hearing Maks’ Proposal) seemed to plainly spell out the words “Sincere Estatic Shock”!
All according to plan, as the Ukraine-born Maksim would later reveal, according to etonline.com, explaining, “I have a big circle of friends that I’ve accumulated over the years that are now her friends and family; and if you say just the closest few, [that would be] like 50 people, so I decided not to say anything to anybody. No Mom, no Dad.”
(“He was pissed at me for like five hours,” remarked Maks later, according to people.com, on the topic of his father being left out of the loop!)
“I also wanted it to kind of be like a surprise for everybody,” he added. “Everybody had an amazing moment that was very unforgettable; and things like this need to be unforgettable.”
“It needs to be special,” pointed out the Dance Instructor, who stayed true to his initiative right up until the hour of the Proposal … Maks’ little brother, Val, with whom Maks is very close, would later admit to being made aware of the top-secret event only shortly beforehand!
“I found out a half hour before he did that,” shared Val, “during the intermission of our show, he started showing me the ring; and I bugged out.”
“But honestly,” he further disclosed, “it’s long overdue. We love Peta, all jokes aside. I love her honestly with all [of] my heart. She’s been a part of the family for a long time. I’m just glad that now it’s official.”
DWTS’ Season 20 Mirror Ball Champ also took to Social Media to express his feelings concerning his brother’s soon-to-be-wife, gushing, “I love the two of you with all my heart. You have my brother’s loyalty, heart. His one and only for the rest of his life. You’re family now and that makes you my sister, the second most important woman in my life. What’s mine is yours. Forever and always. Petachka your team got numbers now …”
Peta also had some familial love to dish out, or so it would seem, posting a picture of herself embracing the younger sister of Val and her future Hubby, Nicole Volynets, via Instagram, accompanied with the following, heartfelt caption, “This is one human being who has literally changed my life. To put it quite simply… @nicolevolynets I couldn’t live without you, you’re officially my sister … #love #imengaged”
Peta also took the endearing photo as another chance to flash her beautiful rock, proudly raising her left hand to the camera so that the ring could be plainly seen!
And why ever not?! Seeing as how the jeweled piece is every bit a stunner, its very creation being ever so lovingly supervised by Maks, in what is generally a very lengthy process, but that was in fact, “very quick”, says Chmerkovskiy, “because I knew exactly what I wanted.”
“I worked with an incredible company [called] Cantamessa,” Maks revealed. “Their women’s designs have been worn by royal families all over the world. I was Skyping with a group of Italian jewelry makers that are fourth or fifth generation!”
“… Italian guys all arguing amongst themselves about how the ring should be made and then I would give my thoughts. What came out of it was brilliant.”
<Long, low whistle> and so it is! VERY nicely done, Maks!
“It should be something special and that you’re proud of,” he later added, “If you have the ability to make it personal, you should make it personal.”
“As long as she liked it!” he noted, the added sentiment almost dripping with hard-earned, albeit smug, self-satisfaction … what with his new Fiancée constantly being photographed while flashing the ring in multiple public forums, quite obviously pleased with the final result!
“I’m obsessed with it,” cried Peta during her Interview with People, “It’s so classy and elegant … It’s the most beautiful thing ever.”
It seems clear, however, that Maks and Peta were almost destined to dance through life together, with or without that fabulous rock, as was perfectly expressed by the enamored latter when she remarked, following the pair’s Engagement, “I couldn’t see myself with anybody else, he’s the love of my life!”
“I dodged a bullet,” exclaimed a relieved Chmerkovskiy, “because she could have fallen in love with somebody else and this never would have happened,”
And now what else remains but the Wedding details, which will rest squarely in the capable hands of Murgatroyd, to hear the Groom tell it!
“… I told her I’m not planning anything else! I’m done,” stated Maks, while Peta chimed in with, “I’m happy with that. I want to do it all … He can just sit there and show up for the big day.”
Though an official Date remains to be set, the promised “I do’s” seem an event not too far off, as Peta has reportedly already spilled that the Ceremony will be “big” and will furthermore take place in L.A.
“It’s going to be a massive party,” shared Peta, according to People magazine.
And what is perhaps the biggest detail of all, the all-important Wedding Dress, has already began to take shape much to the delight of Fans everywhere!
“I went through all the phases” admitted Peta when questioned as to her garment’s style of choice, “… I wanted the usual heart-shaped, poufy dress. Then a lacy, long slinky dress. But right now, I just want it to be classic … I want my daughter to be able to look back at it and say, ‘… My Mom was beautiful and timeless.’ I don’t want a cake dress. No tiaras either. I loathe tiaras. I just want a classic dress with a big, long train.”
Of course, the natural assumption that has reigned supreme among Fans of the couple concerning their Nuptials is that these two Ballroom greats would present an elaborate Dance Routine for Friends and Family on their Wedding Day; but, as Peta later corrected, “I want our first dance to just be simple and romantic. Nothing choreographed.”
“I want a flash mob,” her Fiancé has laughingly countered, “but I leave [the planning] up to her.”
“She could put me in a green suit, I wouldn’t mind,” he added, confirming his desire to see Peta in charge of the day’s ceremonies.
Naturally many congratulations and well wishes will likely continue flooding in from the happy couple’s friends and relations, some having already cropped up via the Social Media network from the duo’s fellow DWTS Professionals.
A source would later help to confirm the couples’ reconciliation, adding that they were “simply warming up and not going full-speed ahead on their relationship.”
It would seem, however, that absence had already done its work in causing Maks’ heart to grow even fonder, as the 35-year-old Dancer is clearly now ready to “floor it”, being more than at ease with the notion of taking that proverbial “Plunge” with Peta after only a brief time of being back together!
But despite the involvement of what are apparently violent affections for one another, the offer of Marriage, albeit delightful, seems to have come as a complete surprise for everyone including Peta, 29, whose visibly emotional expression (exhibited upon hearing Maks’ Proposal) seemed to plainly spell out the words “Sincere Estatic Shock”!
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| Maks and Peta |
All according to plan, as the Ukraine-born Maksim would later reveal, according to etonline.com, explaining, “I have a big circle of friends that I’ve accumulated over the years that are now her friends and family; and if you say just the closest few, [that would be] like 50 people, so I decided not to say anything to anybody. No Mom, no Dad.”
(“He was pissed at me for like five hours,” remarked Maks later, according to people.com, on the topic of his father being left out of the loop!)
“I also wanted it to kind of be like a surprise for everybody,” he added. “Everybody had an amazing moment that was very unforgettable; and things like this need to be unforgettable.”
“It needs to be special,” pointed out the Dance Instructor, who stayed true to his initiative right up until the hour of the Proposal … Maks’ little brother, Val, with whom Maks is very close, would later admit to being made aware of the top-secret event only shortly beforehand!
“I found out a half hour before he did that,” shared Val, “during the intermission of our show, he started showing me the ring; and I bugged out.”
“But honestly,” he further disclosed, “it’s long overdue. We love Peta, all jokes aside. I love her honestly with all [of] my heart. She’s been a part of the family for a long time. I’m just glad that now it’s official.”
DWTS’ Season 20 Mirror Ball Champ also took to Social Media to express his feelings concerning his brother’s soon-to-be-wife, gushing, “I love the two of you with all my heart. You have my brother’s loyalty, heart. His one and only for the rest of his life. You’re family now and that makes you my sister, the second most important woman in my life. What’s mine is yours. Forever and always. Petachka your team got numbers now …”
Peta also had some familial love to dish out, or so it would seem, posting a picture of herself embracing the younger sister of Val and her future Hubby, Nicole Volynets, via Instagram, accompanied with the following, heartfelt caption, “This is one human being who has literally changed my life. To put it quite simply… @nicolevolynets I couldn’t live without you, you’re officially my sister … #love #imengaged”
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| Peta Murgatroyd with Nicole Volynets |
Peta also took the endearing photo as another chance to flash her beautiful rock, proudly raising her left hand to the camera so that the ring could be plainly seen!
And why ever not?! Seeing as how the jeweled piece is every bit a stunner, its very creation being ever so lovingly supervised by Maks, in what is generally a very lengthy process, but that was in fact, “very quick”, says Chmerkovskiy, “because I knew exactly what I wanted.”
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| Maks and Peta |
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| Maks and Peta |
“I worked with an incredible company [called] Cantamessa,” Maks revealed. “Their women’s designs have been worn by royal families all over the world. I was Skyping with a group of Italian jewelry makers that are fourth or fifth generation!”
“… Italian guys all arguing amongst themselves about how the ring should be made and then I would give my thoughts. What came out of it was brilliant.”
<Long, low whistle> and so it is! VERY nicely done, Maks!
“It should be something special and that you’re proud of,” he later added, “If you have the ability to make it personal, you should make it personal.”
“As long as she liked it!” he noted, the added sentiment almost dripping with hard-earned, albeit smug, self-satisfaction … what with his new Fiancée constantly being photographed while flashing the ring in multiple public forums, quite obviously pleased with the final result!
“I’m obsessed with it,” cried Peta during her Interview with People, “It’s so classy and elegant … It’s the most beautiful thing ever.”
It seems clear, however, that Maks and Peta were almost destined to dance through life together, with or without that fabulous rock, as was perfectly expressed by the enamored latter when she remarked, following the pair’s Engagement, “I couldn’t see myself with anybody else, he’s the love of my life!”
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| Maks and Peta |
“I dodged a bullet,” exclaimed a relieved Chmerkovskiy, “because she could have fallen in love with somebody else and this never would have happened,”
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| Maks and Peta |
And now what else remains but the Wedding details, which will rest squarely in the capable hands of Murgatroyd, to hear the Groom tell it!
“… I told her I’m not planning anything else! I’m done,” stated Maks, while Peta chimed in with, “I’m happy with that. I want to do it all … He can just sit there and show up for the big day.”
Though an official Date remains to be set, the promised “I do’s” seem an event not too far off, as Peta has reportedly already spilled that the Ceremony will be “big” and will furthermore take place in L.A.
“It’s going to be a massive party,” shared Peta, according to People magazine.
And what is perhaps the biggest detail of all, the all-important Wedding Dress, has already began to take shape much to the delight of Fans everywhere!
“I went through all the phases” admitted Peta when questioned as to her garment’s style of choice, “… I wanted the usual heart-shaped, poufy dress. Then a lacy, long slinky dress. But right now, I just want it to be classic … I want my daughter to be able to look back at it and say, ‘… My Mom was beautiful and timeless.’ I don’t want a cake dress. No tiaras either. I loathe tiaras. I just want a classic dress with a big, long train.”
Of course, the natural assumption that has reigned supreme among Fans of the couple concerning their Nuptials is that these two Ballroom greats would present an elaborate Dance Routine for Friends and Family on their Wedding Day; but, as Peta later corrected, “I want our first dance to just be simple and romantic. Nothing choreographed.”
“I want a flash mob,” her Fiancé has laughingly countered, “but I leave [the planning] up to her.”
“She could put me in a green suit, I wouldn’t mind,” he added, confirming his desire to see Peta in charge of the day’s ceremonies.
Naturally many congratulations and well wishes will likely continue flooding in from the happy couple’s friends and relations, some having already cropped up via the Social Media network from the duo’s fellow DWTS Professionals.
“… @petamurgatroyd & maksc. Are
engaged!!!!!!!!! Congratulations guys this is awesome news!!..” wrote Pro, Emma Slater; and Peta’s long-time best friend and “sister”, Sharna Burgess, has observed, “It’s about bloody time!!!!!”
“I think it’s awesome that we have a massive history,” expressed Maks to People regarding what has so far been a bumpy but worthwhile road as a couple, “It’ll make a great story to tell our kids one day.”
“I’m done with dumb things,” he further proclaimed, “I finally found the person I can have the perfect life with”.
“She’s my best friend,” was his enamored conclusion, “She makes me a better man.”
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| Maks and Peta |
Check out these videos (below) to see even more great pics/info for Maks and Peta Courtesy of Entertainment Tonight, ABC News, PEOPLE, and Tessa Scott 's official YouTube Channels!
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