Dancing With The Stars professional ballroom dancer, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, who was once engaged to his dance partner Karina Smirnoff, headed back to his home country to find true love in the first Ukrainian version of “The Bachelor” (watch promo video below).

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The 31 year-old politely declined to appear in the US version of the show on ABC, but that has nothing to do with his taste in women – Maks loves him some all American girls! Maksim took to his blog to explain why a Bachelor in Ukraine and not the US – here’s what he had to say:

“The fact that I’ve turned down the American version has NOTHING to do with my ‘dislike’ of American women”, Maksim wrote. “A first season would be the most ‘real’ as far as participant’s perception of ‘what it’s all about’ is concerned. I thought about everything VERY long. I’ve spoken to my family. I’ve spoken to people around me and decided that this might be something to try and see ‘how it’ll work’. I’m going into this with a thought of ‘why not?’.”

“I feel good about the fact that I can ‘give back’. My family and I left when I was very young and to have made something of myself. To come back here as a person to be looked up to is an amazing feeling.” He added, “This is the first thing in a VERY LONG TIME that I’m doing for ME. For the first time I don’t really care what people think.”

So Maksim is basically saying the US version has become a “fake” featuring people desperately seeking fame.You know Maks. He likes to show off. He will become the first Bachelor in Ukraine, where he probably already is a superstar after his US success on the dance floor.

The Ukrainian Bachelor will be the first dating reality show in the country. Bachelor Maksim Chmerkovskiy hits the small screens on Ukraine’s STB network on March 17, 2011. Good luck, Maksim!

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