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"Ashley Hebert has become engaged to JP Rosenbaum in the season finale of The Bachelorette. The 26-year-old dental student from Madawaska, Maine handed her final rose to JP - a construction manager from New York - after taking both him and fellow finalist Ben Flajnik to meet her family in Fiji. JP told Ashley when proposing: &amp;quot;I know that I&amp;#039;ve told you my biggest fear is falling in love with you and having my heart broken again and I still feel afraid. I also know that in order for me to overcome that fear I have to take a leap of faith and that&amp;#039;s exactly what this is. &amp;quot;All the time that we&amp;#039;ve spent together has been the happiest time of my life... I smile because of you.&amp;quot;  Ashley, who was the second runner-up on the latest series of The Bachelor, told him: &amp;quot;Today is the reason why I went through all of the good times and the bad times... You&amp;#039;re my best friend ever, it was so good to see you walk down the steps.&amp;quot; Prior to his proposal, JP had said: &amp;quot;I have accepted that I could walk out of this with a broken heart. Whatever happens today, I go home a completely different person.&amp;quot; Both finalists declared their love for Ashley at their final dates with her.  Declining Ben F&amp;#039;s proposal, Ashley said that she knew her decision would have been &amp;quot;unexpected&amp;quot;, adding that she cared deeply for the 28-year-old. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t know what the f**k just happened,&amp;quot; Ben F declared as he departed Denarau Island. &amp;quot;For the first time in my life I was just completely and utterly vulnerable, and I just don&amp;#039;t even understand. I don&amp;#039;t think I ever will.&amp;quot; He added that if he had thought Ashley had any doubts then he never would have proposed. &amp;gt; &amp;#039;Bachelorette&amp;#039; Ashley blown away by men &amp;gt; &amp;#039;Bachelor&amp;#039; Ashley &amp;#039;fell in love with Brad&amp;#039; Ashley had earlier taken both men to meet her family, where both were subject to an interrogation by family members including her older sister Chrystie Corns. Following Chrystie&amp;#039;s grilling of 34-year-old JP - who she had reservations about - Ashley confronted her sibling, saying: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s like you&amp;#039;re telling me all these things I know and you&amp;#039;re not feeling for me. I feel so alone... after all of this, I don&amp;#039;t want to feel alone.&amp;quot; Chrystie responded: &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t feel like I want to baby you, you&amp;#039;re an adult... I&amp;#039;m trying to protect you from yourself.&amp;quot; She had a more positive reaction to Californian winemaker Ben F, saying: &amp;quot;I felt that Ashley was herself around him. What I see in Ben and Ashley is actually a shared passion, a connection there.&amp;quot; Bachelor Pad 2 premieres on August 8 on ABC with a special three-hour episode. &amp;gt; The Bachelorette recap: The men tell all about Ashley, Bentley &amp;gt; The Bachelorette&amp;#039;s Ashley Hebert is &amp;#039;so in love&amp;#039; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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