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Pho­to­graph by 503 Pho­tog­ra­phy

I have been friends with Valerie Weissinger for quite some­time. Valerie is a Knoxville Native/Farragut High School grad/University of Ten­nessee alumni — liv­ing in Nashville, TN/owner of Val’s Bou­tique. I am proud of her, and think she deserves to be Knox­i­fied, below is why:

Val was invited back to a final cast­ing call for The Bach­e­lor 2009 sea­son. The sea­son started last night and I can’t say I’m a huge fan…but the wife is, I peek but only because I have to from time to time. She gives a great review of the process and how she could not help but be her­self — real, funny, uncut, beau­ti­ful Valerie Weissinger.

I respect the fact that she stood strong to her fam­ily val­ues, beliefs, respected her­self, and did not break — no mat­ter what pres­sure was put on her to be another TV rat­ing. Val you are a solid woman…and because of that you have been Knox­i­fied! Thank you for being you, check out her expe­ri­ence on her blog here.