• Cheryl Burke is an Emmy Award winning dancer on the hit ABC show Dancing with the Stars. She began her ballroom dancing career at the age of 13, when she first began competing. She has won the DWTS competition twice with dance partners Drew Lachey and Emmitt Smith. Burke can currently be seen sharing the dance floor with her partner Gilles Marini.

  On February 20, 2009, People Magazine reported that Burke is dating Maxwell Zagorski, a model for Abercrombie & Fitch.People: Cheryl Burke's New Man: Model Maxwell Zagorski (February 20, 2009)

• 1. Full name: Chery Bautista Burke
  2. Birth date: May 3, 1984
  3. Birth place: San Francisco, California
  4. Partnered with: Wayne Newton, Drew Lachey, Ian Ziering and Emmitt Smith
  5. She is of Filipino, Irish and Russian descent
  6. Began taking ballet lessons at four-years-old
  7. Dated Matthew Lawrence
  8. Was at one time romantically linked to Gerard Butler
  9. Designed a line of active/workout clothing for Fit CoutureRadarOnline; Coming to a Rack Near You (March 23, 2009)
  10. Nine-piece collection apparel collection will be available online, prices range from $44-88RadarOnline; Coming to a Rack Near You (March 23, 2009)

• Dating and Gossip

  Burke was the subject of tabloid fodder during the first part of 2008. Rumors began circulating that she and Drew Lachey had had a relationship during the taping of the show and while she was dating then boyfriend, Matthew Lawrence. Both of them deny the rumors. Shortly thereafter new rumors began circulating that she was dating 300 star Gerard Butler. In February 2009, Burke was romantically linked with 21-year old model Maxwell Zagorski, who works for Abercrombie & Fitch.People: Cheryl Burke's New Man: Model Maxwell Zagorski (February 20, 2009)

• Quotes from Cheryl Burke

  • "I really hate him. (jokes) He's very sensitive, so I have to be careful with my words during practice because sometimes I can get so strict and straight to the point that I might hurt his feelings. As a dancer, he is very musical. But I need to teach him to move his hips. I need it to become more natural and not so technical." — Cheryl Burke on Cristian de la Fuente
  • "To be recognized for a talent you've been working on all your life is an amazing feeling. The show was really nonstop work, but it was fun. And it was worth it. I have an agent now, and a publicist. Before, I didn't even know what a publicist was!" — Cheryl Burke on her career

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