Jake and Vienna’s Short-Lived Romance

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October 16, 2009

"Out of all the girls in this house, I clearly think that I am the most compatible with Jake," the ex-Hooters waitress proclaimed on the show.

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October 19, 2009

"I have been waiting my entire life to meet a guy like Jake, and I don’t want any other girl to be with him but me," Girardi said.

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October 19, 2009

"I do have a little secret that I'm going to tell Jake, and it's scary," Girardi said nervously. She later revealed she had eloped with "a guy that I didn't even know" at age 18 before divorcing him four months later.

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October 30, 2009

"I've never been in love before but I’m falling in love right now," Girardi gushed on The Bachelor. "I just need a little bit of reassurance from Jake and a little bit of an affirmation of how he feels so I'm able to open up and tell him I love him."

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November 18, 2010

"You were shaking up there. I was so scared for you," Girardi told Pavelka after their first one-on-one date, where the two bungee-jumped from a bridge. "I was just like, 'I'm right here. It’s OK. We can do this."

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November 23, 2009

Pavelka, 32, proposed to the Florida-native with a nearly 3-carat Neil Lane princess-cut diamond platinum ring worth $50,000 during The Bachelor finale. "People don't understand why Vienna and are together, and that's OK," he later said. "I do -- and that's the important thing."

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March 2

"We want to travel, just have fun, date for awhile -- maybe in a year or two we'll get married," Girardi mused earlier this year.

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March 13

Pavelka partnered with pro Chelsie Hightower on Dancing With the Stars, which premiered March 22. "Today, I got so embarrassed at my freestyle dancing, I had to stop and laugh at myself," the pilot blogged.

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March 23

"We want five kids," Pavelka once said, to which his fiancee objected. "The other day it was 10!" Girardi countered. "No, no, no, like two or three."

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April 12

"I knew the tango was going to be a sexy dance, so I made sure to say, 'Baby, you've got to be sexy! Get into Chelsie!'" Girardi told Us after her fiance earned rave reviews for his tango with Hightower on DWTS.

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April 20

"She makes my 1,200-calorie shake every morning," Pavelka told Us of Girardi, who became Extra's official DWTS reporter. "I bring him lunch," Girardi added. "I give him ice packs for his feet at night."

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April 21

When he was booted off DWTS one day earlier, Pavelka choked back tears. "Thank you for keeping me here for six episodes," he mustered, before calling his bride-to-be "beautiful."

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May 17

Misery loves company! The troubled couple sat beside Kate Gosselin at the DWTS semi-finals.

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May 25

Pavelka returned to the DWTS stage for the season finale with his fiancee (and dance partner) by his side.

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May 25

"Chelsie [Hightower] has been great," Pavelka told Us of his final dance on the show's finale. "I really enjoyed it, but dancing with my beautiful fiancee really was special."

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June 1

The two vacationed in Kauai, Hawaii earlier this month. "They even had a moment of passion near the water's edge," a source said.

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June 10

Two weeks before announcing their split, Pavelka and Girardi attended the "World of Color" event at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. "Jake and Vienna have split and appreciate the respect for their privacy at this time," a rep for the couple tells Us.