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"She may not have won Bachelor Brad Womack&amp;apos;s heart in the end, but Ashley Spivey knows just who should get Womack&amp;apos;s coveted final rose.\r\n&amp;quot;In watching the show now, I still feel the same way I did when I left and I think Ashley [Hebert] and Emily [Maynard] have the strongest connection with Brad,&amp;quot; Spivey told reporters following her elimination this week. &amp;quot;[When] he says [what] he wants in a wife, they meet the qualifications best.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThough Spivey admits she was closest to Hebert during filming, the 26-year-old eliminated contestant sympathizes with Maynard, the 24-year-old single mom who lost her fiance in a 2004 plane crash.\r\nEnvious of Maynard&amp;apos;s alone time with the bachelor initially, Spivey now believes Womack wasn&amp;apos;t playing favorites, as some of the other contestants have implied.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Brad doesn&amp;apos;t want people to ever be sad or have hurt feelings. He doesn&amp;apos;t want to offend anyone. I think that&amp;apos;s why he pulled Emily away a lot,&amp;quot; Spivey says, referencing Maynard&amp;apos;s cozy one-on-one winery date that led to her opening up about her tragic past. &amp;quot;I felt a little envious that he never did something like that for me, but at the same time I can see why he did that with Emily.&amp;quot;\r\nAnd Maynard has the potential to make it all the way, says Spivey.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t think people give her enough credit,&amp;quot; says her pal.\r\n&amp;quot;She is very strong and if everyone would quit talking about [her past] long enough, they would see that she&amp;apos;s ready to move on and she&amp;apos;s ready to start a new chapter in her life.&amp;quot;\r\nThe Bachelor airs Monday at 8 p.m. (EST) on ABC.\r\nBy Allison Corneau for UsMagazine.com. For more Channel Surfing, click here."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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