DWTS 2023 cast: Ariana Madix age, Instagram and everything to know about the DWTS contestant

Dancing with the Stars season 32 has a stacked cast including Reality TV royalty as Ariana Madix plans to make her mark on the celebrity dance competition series. The television personality, actress, model, bartender, and author has been booked and busy since she became a pop culture sensation and she shows no signs of slowing down yet.

Madix’s competitors better watch out because she didn’t come to play. Like some of the DWTS contestants over the year’s, like last season’s winner Charli D’Amelio, she’s no stranger to the dance floor. She won two national dance championships back in the day, so she has experience getting down in front of an audience. Madix will need to dust off those skills if she wants to win the coveted mirror ball trophy, but she’s certainly in it to win it. Here’s everything you need to know about her!

Where do you know Dancing with the Stars’ Ariana Madix from?

If you don’t know who Ariana Madix is you’ve been living under a rock or you’ve shunned Reality TV entirely because the #Scandoval was the shot heard round the entertainment world. Madix is one of the stars of Vanderpump Rules, a Bravo reality series spun off from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills as it follows Lisa Vanderpump and the staff at her restaurants and bars in West Hollywood.

The program has been airing since 2013 and Madix has been featured on the series since the beginning though she started off in guest appearances before moving to recurring until she was promoted to series regular in season 3. Vanderpump Rules‘ popularity skyrocketed as viewers tuned into see the fallout from the reveal that her boyfriend at the time, Tom Sandoval, had been cheating on her with her best friend, Raquel Leviss, for months. Prior to their break-up Madix and Sandoval had been together for nine years.

Since the scandal caught media attention, Madix’s name has been everywhere and her brand has grown as she’s leveraged the hyperfocus of the entertainment world to turn a painful chapter in her life into moving forward, moving on, and working toward better for herself and her future.

Ariana Madix age

Madix is 38 years old. She celebrated her birthday on June 24 with her friends and boyfriend, Daniel Wai, at a Los Angeles club where they partied the night away together. The multi-hyphenated talent is an ’80s baby as she was born in the middle of the decade in 1985.

Ariana Madix Instagram

Looking to follow Ariana Madix during season 32 of Dancing with the Stars? Her handle is @arianamadix on Instagram, and you’ll fit right in with her legion of followers; she has 2.1 million of them. On her Instagram not only will you find videos and posts about Madix’s day-to-day life but also links to her business ventures such as her Team Ariana shop, Drink from Home cocktails which is a curated DIY cocktail experience, and Something About Her, the sandwich shop and wine bar Madix intends to open with her Vanderpump Rules co-star Katie Maloney.

Who is Ariana Madix’s dance partner on DWTS?

Madix’s partner is Pasha Pashkov. He’s been a Dancing wit the Stars pro since season 28, making this year’s competition his fourth. Though Pashkov’s career on the show hasn’t been long, he’s been a professional ballroom dancer and choreographer for years. He rose to prominence in the dance world with his partner and wife of nine years, fellow DWTS pro Daniella Karagach. The two welcomed their first child together in May 2023. They had a baby girl.

Dancing with the Stars: Ariana Madix and DWTS pro dancer Pasha Pashkov

Madix and Pashkov plan to stun as they spin around Dancing with the Stars’ famed dance floor in season 32. But the pair also have a goofy side even if you can’t tell by their promotional shoot which depicts them as too cool for school. Check out the two showcasing “more passion and more footwork” in the dance studio as they rehearsed, here. Will Pashkov take home is first mirrorball thanks to his partnership with Madix? Watch, vote, and see!

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