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'Bachelor' assures Mainer
his feelings are genuine

Ashley Hebert is among the final 14 on the TV reality series.

From staff reports

In one of those moments that probably only occurs in the world of reality television, Mainer Ashley Hebert was seen Monday night going on a date – with one man and 11 women.

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Maine’s Ashley Hebert shares a long kiss with Brad Womack during Monday night’s episode of “The Bachelor.”

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Hebert, a dental student from Madawaska, went on a "group date" on Monday night's episode of the hit ABC reality show "The Bachelor."

Hebert and the other women went with Brad Womack, this season's bachelor, to shoot action film scenes at a Hollywood studio.

At the shoot, Hebert was mostly in the background and didn't get as much screen time as some of the other women.

But later in the episode, Hebert did have some one-on-one time with Womack at a cocktail party, telling him that if he had "even a little bit of uncertainty" about his feelings for her, she would want to go home.

Womack told Hebert that he cares for her "so much" and the two shared a long, slow kiss.

When the two-hour episode ended, Hebert was one of the women who got roses from Womack, which means she will continue on in the competition.

Last week Hebert, 26, had the first one-on-one date of the season with Womack, at a carnival. The pair kissed twice and Hebert called it "the best date I've been on in years."

The season's first episode aired Jan. 3, with a field of 30 women vying for Womack's romantic attention. At the end of Monday's show 14 women were left. The season finale is scheduled for March 14, when the world gets to see who, if anyone, Womack chooses to propose to.

Hebert currently lives in Philadelphia, where she studies dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania.