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'The Bachelorette' alum Hannah Brown reveals she's picked out her wedding dress

By Elizabeth Kwiatkowski, 12/23/2024

The Bachelorette alum Hannah Brown is one step closer to meeting her fiance Adam Woolard at the altar.

Hannah took to Instagram recently to reveal that she has selected her wedding gown!

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Alongside photos in Mark Ingram's Bridal Gown Atelier in New York City, Hannah captioned her Instagram post, "One step closer! Officially said 'yes' to the dress and couldn't be more excited! Thank you @markingramatelier for truly the best experience!"

Hannah's best friend and fellow The Bachelor alum, Heather Martin, apparently went shopping with Hannah for her dress.

Heather commented on Hannah's post, "EEEEEEK! [Multiple heart-eyes emojis]."

Hannah also had family members help her find the perfect dress that she will say, "I do," in next summer.

Hannah subsequently uploaded a video of herself drinking champagne in the bridal shop via Instagram Stories.

"I did it! I picked a dress!" Hannah confirmed.

Hannah shared on Instagram last month that she had begun searching for a wedding gown for her big day.

Hannah and Adam, who got engaged in August 2023, bought their "dream" house together in October in Nashville, TN, which is a few hours away from where Hannah grew up in Alabama.

Hannah posted a photo of the cute couple standing on the front porch of their new house with fall flowers and pumpkins around them at the time.

"We're officially home owners!" Hannah wrote, tagging her model fiance.

"Having a house to make a home has been a life dream of mine. I am so honored to be able to create spaces that will hold precious memories and to live the big and small life moments between the walls."

Hannah added, "This house is so sweet already, but to make this OUR family home will be the greatest privilege."

Hannah met Adam on the Hinge dating app when they were both living in Los Angeles after her friend had created a profile for The Bachelorette alum, who had grown tired of her same old dating patterns.

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The former Alabama beauty queen admitted she actually "liked" Adam's picture first, only to find out that they lived on the same street, during a May appearance on "The Ben and Ashley I: Almost Famous Podcast," which is co-hosted by Ben Higgins and Ashley Iaconetti.

After having a brief exchange about the coincidence, Hannah said Adam asked her out for a drink in his second message to her.

"So he was very direct, and I love that," Hannah gushed. "We don't have time to go back and forth on this app... You can't do that."

Hannah explained that Adam didn't know she had starred on The Bachelorette when they first talked and he was solely interested in her because of her "top notch" dating profile.

But moments before their first date, Adam apparently looked Hannah up and found out that not only had she been the Bachelorette, but she was also vlogging about her dating experiences on social media.

Hannah said Adam playfully called her out on it but didn't have a problem with it.

"I kind of kept our relationship to myself for a while, and then he got thrown into it," said Hannah, who found fame when she competed on Colton Underwood's season of The Bachelor.

Prior to meeting Adam several years ago, Hannah had a confusing relationship with Tyler Cameron, who finished as the runner-up on Hannah's The Bachelorette season in 2019 behind her winner, Jed Wyatt.

Tyler admitted he cried in a bathtub and felt crushed by the breakup, but Hannah abruptly called off her engagement to Jed -- about a month after he had popped the question in Greece -- because Jed allegedly had a girlfriend back home while he filmed The Bachelorette.

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Hannah realized she still had feelings for Tyler once her engagement ended, and so she asked him on a date on The Bachelorette: After the Final Rose in July 2019, but their relationship never really surpassed the friend zone.

When Hannah and Tyler reunited due to the death of Tyler's mother Andrea Cameron and then quarantined together during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, it also wasn't great timing for the pair to become romantically involved, according to Hannah.

Hannah recalled receiving mixed signals and navigating a confusing relationship with Tyler from 2019-2020 in her first memoir.

Not only did Hannah write that she felt like Tyler's "backup player who never got to play in the game," but she also said their relationship "wasn't some game" to her and he "broke" her heart when he began dating supermodel Gigi Hadid shortly after The Bachelorette 15 wrapped on TV.

Hannah also gave her relationship with her The Bachelorette third-place finisher, Peter Weber, another shot.

Hannah briefly appeared on Peter's The Bachelor season and made it known that she had lingering feelings for him. Peter nearly quit the show to date Hannah, but he didn't think that would be fair to his bachelorettes.

Hannah later revealed she and Peter had slept together while The Bachelor's 24th season was airing in February 2020 after they both attended Hannah Godwin and Dylan Barbour's engagement party in Los Angeles.

Hannah wrote in her memoir, God Bless This Mess: Learning to Live and Love Through Life's Best (and Worst) Moments -- which was released in November 2021 -- that the sexual encounter, which had taken place in the California home of Peter's parents, "just sucked" and it was "a poor decision" on her part.

"I just have compassion for that time in my life -- for myself, for him, and for everyone involved," Hannah told Ashley and Ben on their podcast.

Hannah admitted she was "broken" after that time in her life but Adam helped her see the light and get through it.