Cheryl Burke sizzles in red at pre-Emmy party with her Dancing With The Stars castmates

Cheryl Burke has come under a lot of flack about her weight in recent months, but she sizzled last night in a little red dress.
The Dancing With The Stars professional looked gorgeous in a strapless mini frock that hugged her curves in all of the right places.
The design of the dress gave her a flattering silhouette and her simple accessories and black peep-toe shoes finished off her look perfectly.

Cheryl Burke has come under a lot of flack about her weight in recent months, but she sizzled last night in a little red dress.
The Dancing With The Stars professional looked gorgeous in a strapless mini frock that hugged her curves in all of the right places.
The design of the dress gave her a flattering silhouette and her simple accessories and black peep-toe shoes finished off her look perfectly.

Cheryl Burke is worth her weight in gold as she wows in sparkling backless dress

Cheryl Burke has battled reports of her fluctuating weight in recent months.
But the Dancing With The Stars beauty looked ravishing in a backless gold
dress last night as she partied in Hollywood.
She was attending the Belvedere Red's exclusive VMAs event at The Box where she was surrounded by burlesque performers and scantily clad beauties.

The 27-year-old wore the shimmering mini dress that had bat-winged sleeves and hugged her curves in all the right places.
But it was the cut-out triangle shape in the back that gave the frock it's sexy edge.
She paired it with matching stiletto heels and gold accessories.

Cheryl Burke: Maksim Is Like a Brother to Me

Cheryl Burke and her fellow Dancing with the Stars castmate Maksim Chmerkovskiy are very close. But they’re not dating, Burke says – despite rumors of romance. 

The pro dancers were spotted getting cozy in Las Vegas recently, where they visited with other friends. But looks can be deceiving. 

"We have a good time," Burke, 27, told PEOPLE while celebrating her belated birthday at Palazzo Las Vegas's Azure Luxury Pool. "We've known each other since we were kids. We have that brother and sister relationship." 

Burke is aware of the rumors and she even heard about her "wild" weekend with her castmate. "I woke up to a lot of phone calls," she said, "but we're just friends." 

Chmerkovskiy echoed the sentiment, telling PEOPLE at the All the Right Moves Summer Invitational in New York City: "Cheryl and I are great friends. We have been for many years." 

He even recently took to Twitter to address and poke fun at the gossip: "Enough with the rumors!" he wrote. "Elvis is really dead, Loch Ness monster is a myth and Cheryl & I are just friends!" 

But Chmerkovskiy knows that relationship rumors and speculation are a part of being a dancer in the spotlight. 

"As hard as it is to deal with at times," he said, "it would be worse if [people] didn’t care. So I guess you have to embrace it."