Edyta Sliwinska is a professional ballroom dancer. She is best known as the only professional dancer to appear on all five televised seasons of the American version of the ABC television series Dancing with the Stars.
In the debut season of Dancing with the Stars in June 2005, Śliwińska partnered boxing champion Evander Holyfield, where they placed fifth in the competition. For the second season, she was paired with actor George Hamilton, and again came in fifth place. With the third season, her partner was actor Joey Lawrence, and the couple achieved third place. Śliwińska and Lawrence were part of the first performance tour of the show from December 19, 2006 to February 11, 2007.
Śliwińska returned to the Dancing with the Stars ballroom on March 19, 2007 for Season 4. She originally had Vincent Pastore as her partner, but Pastore dropped out after a week of training, and 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. On May 1, 2007, Sliwinska and Ratzenberger became the sixth couple eliminated from the competition, with a finish of sixth place.
In Season 5, Edyta is partnered with soap opera actor Cameron Mathison, who had to wear leg braces as a kid.
During her career she received the following awards: Emerald Ball Latin Amateur Champion, 1st Place - 2001 International Grand Ball (San Francisco), 1st Place - 2001 Holiday Ball (Las Vegas, Nevada).
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