Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} My Awesome Place Autobiography of Cheryl Burke by Cheryl Burke Cheryl Burke. Cheryl Stephanie Bautista Burke (born May 3, 1984 in San Francisco, California) is a professional dancer. She is best known for being one of the professional dancers on ABC's Dancing with the Stars , where she was the first female professional to win the show and the first professional to win twice and consecutively. Contents. Early Life [ edit | edit source ] Burke grew up in Atherton, California. Her father is of Irish and Russian descent and her mother is Filipino. Her family dances for recreation and has a dance floor at home. At age four, she began taking ballet lessons and performing locally. She then began ballroom dancing and decided to change her focus. She trained in both standard ballroom and Latin dances. She began competing at age 13. Cheryl attended Menlo-Atherton High School, graduated in 2002. In fall of 2007 Cheryl was awarded the key to the city from the mayor of Atherton at her old high school. Dancing with the Stars [ edit | edit source ] That same year, Cheryl was called to do something that really changed her life. She was called to become a pro on Dancing with the Stars . She joined the show on it's second season & second year on the air. Burke won her first championship with 98 Degrees member Drew Lachey in the second season. She won her second championship with retired football star Emmitt Smith in the third season. Cheryl returned to the ballroom on March 19, 2007 for Season 4, partnered with actor Ian Ziering. She and Ziering were eliminated in the semi-finals on May 15, 2007. Cheryl Burke participated in a 38-city Dancing with the Stars tour from December 19, 2006 to February 11, 2007. She also joined the second summer tour, which visited 24 cities between June 20, 2007 in Austin, Texas and July 24, 2007 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Her celebrity partner for both tours was Drew Lachey. Burke competed on Season 5. Her partner was Las Vegas entertainer Wayne Newton. They were the third couple eliminated from the competition on October 9, 2007. Burke participated with both Lachey & Newton in the Dancing with the Stars winter tour that kicked off December 18, 2007 in Seattle, Washington. The tour wrapped in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 10, 2008. Cheryl competed on Season 6 and was partnered with actor Cristián de la Fuente. They trained at Palm Beach, Florida's "Paramount Ballroom," which is owned by former U.S. Nine-Dance Champion Alec Lazo. They made it to the finals and on May 20, 2008, Cheryl and Cristián placed 3rd in the Season 6 competition. The dancer returned to the show for Season 7 with partner Maurice Greene. They were eliminated in Week 8 on November 11, 2008 and came in 5th place. She returned to the show's eighth season, in which she was paired with actor Gilles Marini. They were the runners-up for the season, losing to Shawn Johnson and Mark Ballas. On August 17, 2009, it was announced that Burke would compete on the ninth season of Dancing with the Stars with partner Tom DeLay (former U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader). On October 6, 2009, Cheryl and DeLay withdrew from the competition because DeLay had stress fractures in both feet. In season ten she was partnered with Chad Ochocinco. They were eliminated in the semi-finals and came in fourth place. Rick Fox was partnered with Burke in the show's eleventh season. They were voted off in the seventh week of the competition and came in 6th place. For the twelfth Season, she was partnered with wrestler Chris Jericho. They were voted off in the sixth week of the competition. In the thirteenth season, Cheryl Burke was partnered with reality star Rob Kardashian. They came in second place, losing to J.R. Martinez & Karina Smirnoff. In the fourteenth season, Cheryl Burke was partnered with actor William Levy. The couple made it to the finals and finished in third place. In Season 15, Burke returns with former partner and Season 3 Champion, Emmitt Smith for a chance to win another mirrorball trophy. Since her start in the second season of the show, Cheryl has achieved 18 perfect scores and 88 perfect 10s (without counting the marathons and relays). Additional feats include making it into the final stage of the show six times and her eight appearances in the show's semi-final stage. She is the only pro that has gotten all places in the finals twice (1st with Drew Lachey and Emmitt Smith, 2nd with Gilles Marini and Rob Kardashian, 3rd with Cristian de la Fuente and William Levy). While doing the show, Cheryl guest starred on an episode of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody along with fellow pros Louis van Amstel, Ashly DelGrosso, and Lacey Schwimmer. She played nurse Shannon Kwine who was tending to a dance student played by Rip Taylor and a few others. Near the end of the episode during a dance contest, Cheryl's character asked Estaban (Adrian R'Mante) to volunteer herself to replace the title characters' mother Carey Martin (Kim Rhodes) since she fell ill prior to this. At first she was underdressed for the occasion, but brainless heiress London Tipton (Brenda Song) fixed her up. Mr. Moseby the manager (Phill Lewis) replied "And yet, she can't figure out a pay phone." In 2011, she released her autobiography, Dancing Lessons. Included in it is a description of how she, at age 6, was molested by a handyman helping her family, who repeatedly fondled her. She believed it was wrong but wanted to gain the affection of the person. The molester was sentenced to 22 years in prison and was recently released. Burke said that she is fearful of the person. In the 18th season, Cheryl was partnered with current Price is Right host Drew Carey. The 18th season turned out to be her last, as she decided to quit Dancing with the Stars to focus on other ventures, including a pilot for a new competition show for NBC. This fall, Cheryl will be one of the mentors on Dancing with the Stars Juniors . Cheryl Burke. On 3rd May 2018 , Burke got engaged to her boyfriend Matthew Lawrence . Moreover, Burke previously dated J.T. Torregiani, Josh Hopkins, Joffrey Lupul , and others. Cheryl Burke Early life and Education. Cheryl Burke was born on 3rd May 1984 , in San Francisco, California, United States. Her parents are mother Sherri Burke and father Stephen Burke . Burke grew up along with her siblings Nicole Burke and Mandy Wolf . CAPTION:Cheryl Burke SOURCE:New York Post. Burke belongs to an American nationality. Burke completed her graduation from the Menlo-Atherton High School. Cheryl Burke Dancing & Modeling Career. Cheryll Burke gained a wide recognition for her participation in ABC’s Dancing with the Stars . Burke won her first championship with 98 Degrees member Drew Lachey in the second season. Similarly, she won the second championship with Emmitt Smith in the third season. Well, Burke has also guest starred in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody . She even participated in I Can Do That but was able to secure just second position. Cheryl Burke Engaged, Boyfriend, Dating, Affairs. Cheryl Burke has currently engaged to her boyfriend Matthew Lawrence . The couple met each other for the first time in 2006, when Lawrence’s brother, Joey was cast on DWTS . Burke and Matthew began dating in 2007 but separated in 2008 . CAPTION:Cheryl Burke and her boyfriend Matthew Lawrence SOURCE:People.com. However, the source mentioned that, Burke again began dating her boyfriend Matthew in 2017 . And after dating for a year the duo decided to take their relationship to the next level and finally engaged on 3rd May 2018, after Lawrence proposed her on her 34th birthday. CAPTION:Cheryl Burke and her boyfriend Matthew Lawrence SOURCE:Pinterest. As the couple is engaged, none of them have mentioned any plans of getting married. They do not have any children from their relationship. Besides this, Burke further dated Maxwell Zagorski from 2008 to 2010 . Similarly, in 2012, Burke was in a relationship with Joffrey Lupul . Furthermore, Burke was also in a relationship with Josh Hopkins and J.T. Torregiani from 2014 – 2015 . On the other hand, Burke was also rumored to be in a relationship with Nick Lachey in 2006 . Cheryl Burke Age, Weight, Body Figure, Height. Cheryl Burke, aged 34, stands the height of 5 feet 4 inches i.e. 1.63 m tall and weighs 58 kg. Furthermore, she has the body measurement of 35- 27-36 inches. Cheryl Burke Net Worth, Income, Earning, Salary. Cheryl earns a good sum of money in her career. Allocating information from several sources as of 2018 , it is found out that Cheryl Burke current estimated net worth is around $450,000 . Burke earns a fortunate amount of money from her dancing career. On the other hand, she further adds money from her modeling and television host career. The two times ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, winner Burke is living a lavish and standard life. Looking at her hard work and dedication, Burke’s net worth is sure to be increased in the coming days. Thrills, Pills & Chills: Poet-performer Cheryl B's posthumously published memoir. I mostly knew Cheryl Burke by reputation: a street-smart writer and performer who went by the moniker Cheryl B the Motor Oil Queen. Themotor oil queen" part was ironic. It was based on the content of one of her most famous spoken word poems and describes a sexual encounter where a dude uses motor oil as lube to fuck a girl up the ass. This story was classic Cheryl B--unsentimental, tough and impenetrable. This rock-star glam-slam poet was, at first, a serious alcoholic: A brilliant writer and performer, she was pissing away her talent on huge amounts of tequila and cocaine. Cheryl got sober in 2001 and never looked back. Her legendary poem "Reasons to Stop" details the day she decided to give up drugs and booze. When she died two years ago, from complications related to Hodgkin's lymphoma, Cheryl B was only 38 years young and had been sober for almost a decade. The cofounder and co-host, most recently, of the New York City monthly reading series Sideshow: The Queer Literary Carnival, which presented serious literature for ridiculous times," Cheryl had earlier created and produced PVC: The Poetry vs. Comedy Variety Show, a live slam between comics and poets. She had also founded and curated the multi-genre series Atomic, an extremely popular Brooklyn reading event. Cheryl B was also a. playwright. Among her other plays, she wrote The Donut Hole, which ran in New York City for long enough to raise her profile beyond literary badass to true star status. The Donut Hole was a work that touched many lives. "She had a for-real, unique, fresh and original voice: said one colleague who was also a fan. "Cheryl was able to find the humor in really painful situation, without in any way dismissing the reality of it all7 The play is about teenagers who work in a donut shop in Nowheresville, and also discover sex and sexual power. A few years ago, in a Lower East Side bookstore, I watched Cheryl read for about an hour from When I Knew Everyone on Avenue A, the memoir she was working on at the time. I was blown away. Her story was extremely powerful. When I heard that her memoir was being published as a novel, My Awesome Place: The Autobiography of Cheryl B, I couldn't wait to get my hands on it. There's plenty in it for everyone, particularly those of us who have never fit in. Cheryl was the fat kid everyone made fun of, the shunned ugly duckling, and the too-smart-for-her-own-good girl in a family of violent, unself-aware and selfish people. 'This is her father's reaction when she was accepted at New York University: "He lifted up his dinner plate and hit me on the head/You want to go to college? Look at you, you're 21, as fat as a house!'" In Manhattan, between her junior and senior years at N.Y.U., Cheryl "rented a walk-in closet of an upscale apartment in an exclusive building in the West Village." As a young adult, she struggled to find her place in the world and her voice as a writer. While at N.Y.U. she met her new best friend, a flamboyant gay man, started partying hard, and dating women (and men). A famous quote of Cheryl's, which she used to describe her sexuality, is repeated in the book: I'm 85% lesbian, 15% bisexual, 100% Queer Dyke." My Awesorne Place was pieced together--from Cheryl's last manuscript and her earlier drafts, as well as essays and emails--by the three other women in her writing group. The foreword, by her literary executor, Sarah Schulman (who also edited the book), and the afterword, by her girlfriend Kelli Dunham, are both extremely informative and so heartrending; only a. sphinx could be unmoved. The press release from Topside Signature accurately describes the narrative as inhabiting liminal space between fiction and memoir, track[ing] her struggle to translate her working class New Jersey roots and define herself as an artist against the backdrop of an unforgiving city, a series of disastrous girlfriends and boyfriends, and an intense, intimate relationship with drugs and alcohol." My Awesome Place: Autobiography of Cheryl Burke by Cheryl Burke. Cheryl took a season off before coming back for the 27th season. Her partner was. Related Biography: Kenny G. She was paired with former NFL wide receiver Terrell Owens [7] and finished in 6th place. After taking another season off, she returned once again for season 27 where will be paired with Argentinian actor and heart throb, Juan Pablo Di Pace. Personal Life. Cheryl released her autobiography entitled in Dancing Lessons in 2011. The book had a very sad story as she revealed that she was molested and fondled by a handyman when she was just five years old. She wrote that she felt it was wrong but as a little girl she didn’t know how to properly earn the affection of adults. The criminal was arrested and placed in prison for 22 years but he got out of jail in 2008. Cheryl was applauded for being brave enough to be open about her story. She helped many women come out with their stories of abuse. Dancing With The Stars opened up a lot income streams for Cheryl. She was hired to promote national brands like Depend Silhouette briefs, Impress Nails and Sargento Cheese. She earned enough money from Dancing With The Stars to open her dance studio in 2008. The studio attracted a lot of customers because they believed in her skills and wanted to learn from her. Cheryl met former TV star, Matthew Lawrence in 2006 when his brother, Joey was on Dancing With The Stars. The dated for only one year during 2007 to 2008. Things did not work out for them but they kept feelings for each other throughout the years. In 2017, it was revealed that they had gotten back together but no one knows how long they were dating before it became public. When they broke up a decade earlier, they didn’t know it at the time that they were actually meant for each other. During their time away from each, Cheryl realized that Matthew was the one because she couldn’t stop thinking about him even when she was dating other mean. Even after all the accolades, fame, and attention she got from her performances on Dancing With The Stars , Cheryl’s ultimate prize was getting engaged with the love of her life. Cheryl Burke Net Worth. Cheryl Burke Net Worth 2021: Wiki Biography, Married, Family, Measurements, Height, Salary, Relationships. Cheryl Burke net worth is $450,000. Cheryl Burke Wiki Biography. Cheryl Stephanie Burke was born on 3 May 1984, in San Fransisco, California USA, of Russian and Irish (father) and Filipina (mother) descent, and is a professional dancer, the two-time winner of the ABCTV reality competition show “Dancing with the Stars” beginning in 2005, but she actually started performing when she was just four years of age. So just how rich is Cheryl Burke? Sources indicate that Cheryl has an estimated net worth of $450,000. Most famous for her appearances on television, Cheryl Burke has starred in every season of “Dancing with the Stars” since her debut performance in Season 2, and she has set – and then subsequently broken – numerous records on the show. Together with fellow professional dancer Tony Dovolani, Burke is the longest-featured professional in the show, appearing in 16 seasons to date, and she was the first professional dancer to win multiple and consecutive seasons. Cheryl Burke Net Worth $450,000. Cheryl Burke has spent most of her life on the dance floor. Burke took her first ballet lessons when she was four – and she has kept dancing since, switching from ballet to ballroom dancing, and training in Latin styles. Her skill in dancing allowed Cheryl Burke to debut as a high-level professional dancer in the second season of the ABC show “Dancing with the Stars” – where she was partnered with Drew Lachey, member of the American boy band “98 Degrees”. After a series of stunningly successful performances throughout the season, Burke and Lachey won first place, which certainly gave Cheryl Burke’s net worth an immense boost and allowed her to return for the third season of the show. This time partnered with former running back and American football legend Emmitt Smith, Burke once again vowed the audience and judges with her skill – once more coming first, and securing her place on subsequent seasons of “Dancing with the Stars”. Since then, Cheryl Burke has appeared in every season of the show, and holds the distinction of being the only professional to have taken first, second and third places at least twice each, as well as having the most finale appearances of any dancer on the show – seven. Over the course of sixteen seasons, Cheryl Burke has been paired with such celebrities as television personality Rob Kardashian, singer and entertainer Wayne Newton, former sprinter and five-time World Champion Maurice Greene, and actor Ian Ziering. In 2006, Burke was nominated for two separate categories in the Prime Time Emmy awards – the youngest ever nominee in the category. Obviously Burke’s fame as a skilled and successful high-profile dancer certainly has a lot to do with her overall net worth – and it has certainly helped that she has recently opened her own dance studio and released an autobiography called “Dancing Lessons”. Burke has also worked in advertising and promotions, including with companies including Sargento Foods and Depend Silhouette. Her work with the latter met with particular success, raising $50,000 slated for donation to charity – in addition to other profits. In her personal life, Cheryl Burke dated entrepreneur JT Torregiani who had been a friend for a decade, but after a year or so the pair separated in May 2015.