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 | ABC's 'The Bachelor' (2002 Fall): Aaron Buerge, 28, a banker from Springfield, MO., and his fiance Helen Eksterowicz pose for photographers, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2002, at ABC Studios in New York where they met the media after the final showdown of the hit romance-reality series 'The Bachelor.' Buerge proposed to Eksterowicz, a school psychologist from Gloucester City, N. J., in the closing moments of the show Wednesday, which attracked an average of 26 million viewers. click to open  |  | ABC's 'The Bachelor' (2002 Fall): Brooke Smith, 22, a University of Alabama senior, Aaron Buerge's runner-up candidate for wife on ABC's romance-reality series, 'The Bachelor,' glances up in a news conference,Thursday, Nov. 21, 2002, at ABC Studios in New York where she, Aaron Buerge and Buerge's fiancee Helene Eksterowicz met the media. click to open  |  | ABC's 'The Bachelor' (2002 Fall): Aaron Buerge (L), the bachelor on the ABC television show 'The Bachelor,' laughs with Helene Eksterowicz, the woman who apparently won his heart on the popular reality show, during an interview in New York, November 21, 2002. Eksterowicz is a school psychologist from New Jersey and Buerge is a Missouri banker. click to open  |  | ABC's 'The Bachelor' (2002 Fall): Aaron Buerge, 28, a banker from Springfield, Mo., and his fiance Helene Eksterowicz, right, pose for photographers Thursday, Nov. 21, 2002, at ABC Studios in New York where they met the media after the day after the final episode of the hit romance-reality series 'The Bachelor.' click to open  |  | ABC's 'The Bachelor' (2002 Fall): Aaron Buerge and his new lady, Helene Eksterowicz of Gloucester, N.J. , pose during an appearance Thursday morning Nov. 21,2002, on ABC's Good Morning America television show. Aaron, a 28-year-old banker from Springfield, Mo., and Helene got engaged in the final showdown of the hit romance-reality series ``The Bachelor, '' Wednesday night. click to open  |  | ABC's 'The Bachelor' (2002 Fall): Once there were 25 and now there is only one. Aaron Buerge, a 28-year-old banker from Springfield, Mo., poses with his new fiancee Helene in this undated handout photo. Buerge chose Helene, the grade-school psychologist from New Jersey, over Brooke, a student at the University of Alabama, in the series finale of ABC's 'The Bachelor,' which aired Wednesday evening, Nov. 20, 2002. click to open  |
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