Joan Vassos' journey as the " Golden Bachelorette " concluded in a happily ever after on Wednesday night during the show's finale. The 61-year-old school administrator from Maryland, whose journey as the "Golden Bachelorette" began in September, chose Chock, in the end, who proposed to her in Bora Bora.

Fans have followed along as "The Golden Bachelorette" cast whittled down from 24 eligible bachelors to the final two contestants: Chock Chapple, a 60-year-old insurance executive from Wichita, Kansas, and Guy Gansert, a 66-year-old emergency room doctor from Reno, Nevada.