Televison Host Karina Smirnoff arrives at the Esquire Celebrates The Grand Opening of the Esquire House LA With International Medical Corps Benefit Hosted By Sienna Miller on October 15, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Getty Images)more pics »About this time last year
Karina Smirnoff and fellow
Dancing with the Stars pro
Maksim Chmerkovskiy had just ended their engagement and gone their separate ways. Karina quickly coupled up with baseball star
Brad Penny, and now those two are engaged!
Karina Smirnoff and Brad Penny (Bauer Griffin)
Brad got down on one knee and popped the question back on October 4, reports
People.com, but the two wanted to keep their engagement on the DL until now so they could celebrate quietly with close friends and family.
The proposal was orchestrated by Brad and Karina's manager, who told the dancing queen that he had arranged a meeting between her and the president of Twitter at a super swanky restaurant.
Karina recalled: "We went to this restaurant and [my manager] got on her phone and said 'this guy is killing me,' and got up and walked away, Then Brad walked in and it still didn't register. He got down on one knee and he opened the box and I said, 'Thank you'. I honestly didn't expect it." Too cute!
Karina showed off her gorgeous 4.5 carat Asscher Cut diamond engagement ring last night at the 5-year anniversary party of Tao in Las Vegas, though her hubby-to-be wasn't able to make it. Instead, he sent her a hand-written note inside a fortune cookie, and included a diamond necklace for good measure! OMG.
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