Val Chmerkovskiy will be competing in Dancing with the Stars' Season 23 finale.
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The pro dancer joined DWTS in Season 13 and won the show's 20th season with actress Rumer Willis, a feat the uber-competitive pro had anxiously been waiting to accomplish.
Val, who stands six feet tall, is the little brother of Dancing with the Stars pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy. Want to learn more about this talented performer and choreographer?
Below is a list of 9 facts Reality TV World has compiled about Val Chmerkovskiy:
- Born Valentin Aleksandrovich Chmerkovskiy in the Ukraine on March 24, 1986, he and his family relocated to Brooklyn, NY, in 1994.
- Val graduated high school from The Hudson School in Hoboken, NJ, and went on to study Business Management in college.
- A big fan of fashion, the pro dancer launched his own clothing line in 2013 called VALENTIN, a luxury streetwear brand.
- He is a classically trained violinist and once played concertmaster violin with his youth orchestra in Carnegie Hall.
- Val is an ambassador for the charity Pencils of Promise and co-owns six competitive dance studios under the brand "Dance With Me."
- He makes a mean chicken caesar salad, prefers his tea with two sugars and rarely drinks, but when he does, he'll typically choose Tequila, according to Us Weekly.
- Val is a two-time World Latin Dance Champion (Junior and Youth) and a 14-time U.S. National Latin Dance champion.
- The DWTS pro has an adorable bulldog named Sir Sleep, and his soon to be sister-in-law is show pro Peta Murgatroyd, who is currently expecting her first child with Maksim.
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- Val was rumored to have dated Kelly Monaco, Janel Parrish and Jenna Johnson from the DWTS family. Most recently, he's been romantically linked to Season 23 contestant Amber Rose, who was partnered with Maksim. (Click here to see a cute photo of Val and Amber together).
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