Another Filipina making us proud is Cheryl Burke competing in Dancing With The Stars Season 6. Cheryl Burke and actor Cristián de la Fuente are partners and are now in the Final 5 of the hit American show in ABC (not ABC 5 but American Broadcasting Corporation, one of the US' leading network). Cheryl Bautista Burke or just Cheryl Burke won the Second Season of Dancing With The Stars with celebrity partner Drew Lachey of the boy band 98 Degrees and brother of Nick Lachey, on February 2006. Cheryl Burke once again won in the Third Season of Dancing With The Stars with partner football star Emmitt Smith on November 2006.
Cheryl Burke was honored on October 20, 2007 with the Role Model Award at the 7th Annual Filipino/American Library Gala. Her mother is the former Sherri Bautista.
Cheryl Burke has a dance studio in San Francisco called Cheryl Burke Dance. Watch Cheryl Burke with Cristián de la Fuente dance the mambo with an injured Cristian May 6..