'Dancing with the Stars' JR Martinez, girlfriend expecting child

Dancing with the Stars winner JR Martinez and his girlfriend Diana Gonzalez-Jones are expecting a baby girl together, it has been announced.

Martinez revealed on Saturday (December 17) that Gonzalez-Jones will give birth to the couple's first child in the spring.

The Iraq War veteran told People "We found out just last week it's a girl and we are over the moon.

"Diana has a little baby bump now and it's the cutest thing ever. With the holidays coming up, this is the biggest and best gift we could get."

The couple met on the set of Martinez's soap opera All My Children, where Gonzalez-Jones worked as assistant to the executive producer.

Martinez triumphed over fellow celebrities Rob Kardashian and Ricki Lake in the Dancing with the Stars finale last month, later claiming that winning the reality series was one of the greatest accomplishments of his life

The actor will be the grand marshal for the upcoming Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena, CA on January 2, 2012.

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