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Dancing With The Stars Pros Maksim Chmerkovskiy & Peta Murgatroyd Are Engaged!

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Dec. 7 2015, Published 12:53 p.m. ET

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We bet they will have one amazing wedding dance! Dancing with the Stars pros Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd are engaged!

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Maksim, 35, popped the question to the 29-year-old on Dec. 5 during a performance of Sway at the Olympia Theater in Miami.

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"I'm in love with you,” he said as he dropped to one knee, “and I will be in love with you for the rest of my life."

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"Maks' romantic proposal is something I will cherish for the rest of my life," Murgatroyd said in a statement. "I'm excited for the next chapter in our lives and to plan the wedding of my dreams with Maks."

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“I kind of knew a couple of years ago,” he told Us Weekly of proposing to Peta. “But it’s a process. With this family, the hardest part of the process was to keep it a secret. …this was definitely the best decision I ever made.”

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However, Chmerkovskiy's brother, Val, clearly approves! "I love the two of you with all my heart,” he wrote on Instagram. “You're family now and that makes you my sister, the second most important woman in my life."

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The pro dancers started dating in 2012 and after a brief split, were seen reunited in March. Maksim was previously engaged to fellow DWTS professional Karina Smirnoff before calling it off in 2009.

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