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Connecticut Native Wins Love on Reality Television Show
Shawn Booth, whose mother lives in Rocky Hill, was picked by Kaitlyn Bristowe on Monday's finale of "The Bachelorette."
A 29-year-old Windsor Locks native has won love on a reality television show.
Shawn Booth, a personal trainer, was given the final rose by 30-year-old Kaitlyn Bristowe on Monday’s finale of “The Bachelorette.”
“You light me up, and you make me laugh, and most importantly, you allow me to be myself,” she said to him. “I am completely yours.”
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Booth proposed and Bristowe said yes.
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Booth was an accomplished athlete and honors student when he graduated from Windsor Locks High School in 2004, reports the Hartford Courant. He graduated from Keene State College and owns a home in Windsor Locks, but moved to Nashville earlier this year.
His mother, Jo-Anne Kagan Booth, lives in Rocky Hill and had been quoted before the finale as saying, “We’re very excited for him. I think he did something really daring. I would think it would be hard to do something like that, go on a national show. I think it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and I think it is great.”
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