Re: Sweet Home Alabama Season 3 ~ Discussion ~ Thread #1

[mnmhughes]

^^ Adorable! Also, that guy has great hands! :D

[Love_Me]

She is down right GORGOUS!!!

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Seriously, what a stunner! Oh and I love the guy in the cowboy hat too. Doesn't he tear up at one point over her? A tough, sexy man who cries over a woman? Sold!

I think he wipes away Paige's tears here:


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Then he kisses her tears away:

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Yeah, this is definitely my fav, even if the other one is the one who tears up. Kissing her tears away? Aww! So cute!! I hope he's a keeper and Paige thinks so too :D

^^ Adorable! Also, that guy has great hands! :D

I think a man that kisses your tears away is so tender and sweet. We are going to enjoy watching those two this season. I can't wait.

Thanks Gina! I can't wait to find out what #1 black cowboy hat's name is. Do we know yet?

[Guest]

I sure hope that kissing crying is not her saying goodbye to him. He's already a frontrunner for me too, they just seem to fit from the caps. I just flashback to how Collin cried and Devin and was shocked he was gone and not F1 or F2. At one point, I really thought Collin would be F1, even over Tribble, til I saw no body language at their last soda fountain date, esp. from Devin, looked like two friends, no interaction.

Love_me, SHA fb said tomorrow will be full bio's, cannot wait for the names to the faces either. Excited the premiere is 2 hours!!!!!

[Love_Me]

I sure hope that kissing crying is not her saying goodbye to him. He's already a frontrunner for me too, they just seem to fit from the caps. I just flashback to how Collin cried and Devin and was shocked he was gone and not F1 or F2. I really thought Collin would be F1, even over Tribble.

Love_me, SHA fb said tomorrow will be full bio's, cannot wait for the names to the faces either. Excited the premiere is 2 hours!!!!!

I thought maybe Paige shared something personal with him and he kissed her tears away. He seems to be wearing the same shirt and black cowboy hat in the crying kissing picture that he did on their 1-on-1 date. You are right though with this show you just never know what might happen. I thought Tribble was the F1 during Devin's season and Cassie was the F1 during Tribble's season.


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[mnmhughes]

I'm already attached to these two and the show hasn't even started yet! I can't wait to find out more about him!

[Love_Me]

Former Miss Sprint Cup Paige Duke puts photo scandal behind her with reality TV show

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Paige Duke used to have a demanding, time-consuming job that prohibited her from dating people at work. She lost that job in what some would call scandalous fashion.

So as part of her new job, she is relishing the chance to put her past in the rear-view mirror. And date again.

Duke, a former Miss Sprint Cup, was fired last July when nude photos of her taken years earlier for a college boyfriend surfaced online. She can’t reveal how successful she has been in her quest for a boyfriend. She can’t spoil the ending as she stars in the new CMT reality dating series “Sweet Home Alabama.”

Her new role is as a woman looking for love as 22 men hope to win her heart.

The 10-episode season airs weekly at 9 p.m. ET on Fridays, with the opening episode this Friday night.

It’s not the first time Duke will be on the show. She was a contestant last fall when the star was former Clemson quarterback Tribble Reese – a friend of Duke’s from college – and she was eliminated after the fifth of eight episodes.

But she was soon back with the show, this time as the star of the coming season, which recently wrapped up filming.

“It was a life-changing experience – it gave me my confidence back with everything that happened with NASCAR,” Duke said in a phone interview Friday. “It gave me a chance to be myself and for me to be out in the public eye again for something good and for people to see really how I was.

“Then people can formulate their opinions about me after they see how I really am. It was just a really good opportunity overall for me.”

Duke works at a hunting farm in Minnesota, which gives her the opportunity to continue modeling and pursue other opportunities. She was selected to appear as a contestant on the show in August, and she knows people question her trying to find a man through reality television.

“Most people will just shake their head or question it, think it’s kind of crazy,” she said. “I was kind of like that, thinking, ‘How does this really happen?’ But [I decided] I am going to give it a try.

“If God put this experience in my life for a reason, even if there is a 1 percent chance I’m going to find the guy I’m supposed to be with, my soul mate, I’m going to do it. So I did it. I had such a wonderful time.”

Considering she spent more than a year as Miss Sprint Cup, traveling the circuit and being prohibited from dating anyone associated with NASCAR while representing the sport, she liked this opportunity.

“I wanted to be in love more than anything,” Duke said. “I never have. I was very busy, especially with NASCAR traveling everywhere. I wasn’t allowed to date anyone I worked with, obviously.

“So I didn’t have a chance to meet any guys. Going into [it the first time], I wasn’t sure. I was a little skeptical.”

Now she’s gotten to meet and date a lot of guys. She doesn’t hide her past as Miss Sprint Cup and the photos that surfaced. Her recent past was fully disclosed on the show.

“The guys were told about [me] after they got down to Alabama and what had happened,” Duke said. “They’re told if anyone had a problem with it, they could leave, they didn’t have to stay there.

“I don’t think any of the guys had a problem with it. I didn’t bring it up much unless one of the guys did. They were supportive and very compassionate about it.”

Duke has not shied from the spotlight since her firing. A week after being dismissed, she talked with several media outlets, and knew she would have to revisit her past as part of the show. She does that anyway.

“It’s still such a good story for young girls,” Duke said. “I just went and talked to my high schools of the dangers of sending pictures to someone. It doesn’t give me any second thoughts. [Doing the shows] gave me my confidence back. … Things are finally moving on.

“Instead of having to explain about it or talk about it, I’m moving on with my life and new opportunities are coming up.”

Duke calls the show “the ultimate eHarmony” and loves the fact that her courtship is aired on television. She said she was ready to walk away from all the men if she didn’t find love.

It doesn’t sound like she walked away empty handed as she said she is very happy with the decision that she made.

“All I can say is it was such a wonderful experience and I’ve never been happier than I am right now,” Duke said. “I can’t say [what happens], but anyone that knows me would know.

“God does work in mysterious ways. You would think you’re crazy – I know the odds aren’t high for reality dating shows but I have never done something more real or been involved with something more real.”

The show pits men from rural areas and from cities competing for Duke. The different cultures create conflict and is part of the show’s theme – will Duke, from South Carolina, pick a country boy or a guy from the city?

Duke said she thinks NASCAR fans will be rooting for her to pick a country guy. Those from the country were more interested in her NASCAR work, she said.

“Some of the city boys didn’t get it,” she said. “But all the country boys were pretty jealous.”

Duke says she’s not sure exactly how being on the show might help her television career or as a spokesmodel. She will be active on social media throughout the next few months as she talks about the show on Twitter and chats on the show’s Facebook page.

She expects to hear from some NASCAR fans.

“It’s so wonderful to still hear from NASCAR fans and people in the NASCAR world still wanting to talk to me,” Duke said. “It’s six months down the road from when I’ve been in the NASCAR scene and I’m so happy that everybody is still interested in my life and wants to know what’s going on.

“That means a lot to me.”

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I sure hope that kissing crying is not her saying goodbye to him. He's already a frontrunner for me too, they just seem to fit from the caps. I just flashback to how Collin cried and Devin and was shocked he was gone and not F1 or F2. I really thought Collin would be F1, even over Tribble.

Love_me, SHA fb said tomorrow will be full bio's, cannot wait for the names to the faces either. Excited the premiere is 2 hours!!!!!

I thought maybe Paige shared something personal with him and he kissed her tears away. He seems to be wearing the same shirt and black cowboy hat in the crying kissing picture that he did on their 1-on-1 date. You are right though with this show you just never know what might happen. I thought Tribble was the F1 during Devin's season and Cassie was the F1 during Tribble's season.

Thanks, Love_Me that's what I'm hoping too. You may need to talk me off the ledge the entire season.
Where's Beeleever, when I need her the most? I'm almost afraid to have a favorite guy, but I will, I always do. :Nod:

[Love_Me]

I sure hope that kissing crying is not her saying goodbye to him. He's already a frontrunner for me too, they just seem to fit from the caps. I just flashback to how Collin cried and Devin and was shocked he was gone and not F1 or F2. I really thought Collin would be F1, even over Tribble.

Love_me, SHA fb said tomorrow will be full bio's, cannot wait for the names to the faces either. Excited the premiere is 2 hours!!!!!

I thought maybe Paige shared something personal with him and he kissed her tears away. He seems to be wearing the same shirt and black cowboy hat in the crying kissing picture that he did on their 1-on-1 date. You are right though with this show you just never know what might happen. I thought Tribble was the F1 during Devin's season and Cassie was the F1 during Tribble's season.

Thanks, Love_Me that's what I'm hoping too. You may need to talk me off the ledge the entire season.
Where's Beeleever, when I need her the most? I'm almost afraid to have a favorite guy, but I will, I always do. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

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[Archer23]

I didn't know Paige lives in Minnesota. Paging Jeremiah . . .

[chaslom4]

I haven't watched a season of this show yet, but I think the guy in the black hat just convinced me!

[Jeepers]

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[Southerngirl]

I just looked in the bio's but could not tell which one is the black cowboy hat. Can someone tell me,TIA. This will be good to fill the void from not watching the bachelor. Hopefully there a more satisfying ending.

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