Quotes from Hannah Brown

I can't pretend that I'm happy or pretend to get emotional when I'm not.

Being a pageant girl taught me to be polished, poised and slap on a smile.

You know what southern women are? Whiskey in a teacup. We're strong in the inside, but ornate on the outside.

My most prized possession is my coffeemaker!

I want a manly man who's not afraid to get down and dirty.

Sometimes, yeah, I wish I would have protected my heart a little more, absolutely.

I'm honest to a fault.

I really struggled with what I was going to do with fantasy suites, but I didn't really want to think too much about it until we got there. I had a lot of other things on my mind at that point... but really that was just a personal decision between me and whoever I decided to go into the fantasy suite with or decided not to.

Ultimately i am really thankful people want to say hello to me and want to let me know they support me, and I am grateful for that no matter what time, what I look like, what I'm doing, so I couldn't be anymore blessed.

I'm glad if I can help anybody.

We usually play games at the end of the night on Christmas, so it's just a good time. It's one of my favorite times of the year.

Somebody has said something - or not just somebody, hundreds, thousands of people have something negative to say about me. I have learned that if I'm going to continue to do what I'm supposed to do and move forward, then I cannot let that faze me.

I'm from Tuscaloosa, and I just grew up with Alabama football just being a part of my everyday life. I drove by campus every other day as a child. 'Roll Tide' was an everyday thing to say.

I'm not an actress, I'm a girl who was on reality TV.

I feel like a lot of people that have been in similar situations as I have, reality TV stars, you can make a packaged version of yourself if you want to - I just don't work that way. I can't do it.

I get recognized everywhere I go now, which is kind of overwhelming but really exciting and sweet.

Just because I work out and eat healthy doesn't mean I don't let myself have fun.

Even with the heartbreak that I've had, I've felt a lot of love, and I've been given a lot of love too.

This is what I hate about dating - when you just don't know where you stand. I'm pretty honest, I'll say, 'Hey I don't know what's going on,' but I don't like the game of it. Like, do we like each other? Great, well let's explore that.

Regardless of any thing that I've done that people might think, 'Oh, well, that deserved a scarlet letter,' that's not how it works.

I believe the foundation of love is based on honesty and truth.

I love TV and I think it would be cool to be a host one day.

I have the biggest sweet tooth of anybody.

I think with being so honest and real with not just the guys I was having relationships with but with America, I have a lot to give, so I'm excited to be able to use my platform to continue talking to people about these topics that I had to deal with on national television.