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"Emily Maynard has named Jef Holm as the winner of The Bachelorette. The 26-year-old, who has a 6-year-old daughter called Ricki, handed her final rose to Jef after both he and fellow finalist Arie Luydendyk Jr met her family in Cura\u00E7ao.  Emily accepted a proposal from Jef, who told her: &amp;quot;I feel like the luckiest man in the world standing here with you and you make me smile... I feel like the timing is right [with us]. &amp;quot;I promise you that if you let me into your life and Ricki&amp;#039;s life, you will never feel lonely ever again.&amp;quot; Speculation that Emily would choose a winner during the live segment of Sunday&amp;#039;s broadcast or After the Final Rose was quashed when she decided to send Arie home before their final date. Emily was seen telling Jef: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s been a long road, but it&amp;#039;s all worth it because I can stand here and tell you [that] you really are everything that I&amp;#039;ve looked for so long. I really do feel like you&amp;#039;re my soulmate. You are the perfect person for me. Thank you so much.  &amp;quot;I knew you were the one for me, and so much so that you were the only one that got to meet Ricki and I didn&amp;#039;t even go on a date with Arie.&amp;quot;  In an emotional heart-to-heart with host Chris Harrison, Emily revealed that after her final date with Jef - where she introduced him to Ricki for the first time - she did not want to string Arie along. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s not even [feeling] confused, it&amp;#039;s just that I can&amp;#039;t even be happy, because I just don&amp;#039;t feel like I can be there without feeling awful,&amp;quot; she explained. &amp;quot;Last week, I still wasn&amp;#039;t even completely sure - and it could&amp;#039;ve been him and I wanted to make sure - but I&amp;#039;m not positive.  &amp;quot;As much as I love him, I&amp;#039;ve just fallen in love with someone a little bit more.&amp;quot; A shellshocked Arie said as he left the island: &amp;quot;Emily always made me feel secure in us, I still believe she&amp;#039;s the love of my life. That&amp;#039;s what&amp;#039;s so painful, you know?&amp;quot; Bachelor Pad will premiere tomorrow (July 23) on ABC. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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