Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American celebrity Hannah Brown.
Last updated on April 22, 2025.
Hannah Kelsey Brown is an American television personality and former beauty pageant titleholder. She starred as the lead in season 15 of The Bachelorette. Brown had previously placed in the top seven in season 23 of The Bachelor. As a beauty pageant titleholder, Brown was crowned Miss Alabama USA 2018, and competed in Miss USA 2018. Following The Bachelorette, she competed on season 28 of Dancing with the Stars with partner, Alan Bersten, and was declared the winner on November 25, 2019.
I'm probably not going to shed all the pageant girl, because that's who I am. If you don't like it, that's too damn bad.
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.
I have the biggest sweet tooth of anybody.
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 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.
I never understand the plan that the Lord has given me. But it's so cool, because He keeps reminding me that I am on the right path. He reminds me with little things and big things.
I get recognized everywhere I go now, which is kind of overwhelming but really exciting and sweet.
I am basically a walking McDonald's chicken nugget.
Everybody's relationship is different and we just need to support and encourage each other and make sure that we're making the right decisions for ourselves and what we're ready for in relationships.
I try to eat healthy when I can, but no one can take my candy away from my bedside! I always keep it there for a treat when I wake up!
My most prized possession is my coffeemaker!
It took me a while to really figure out what my passion was and I think that was another reason why I struggled with anxiety and depression. Because if you don't know what your purpose and your passion is sometimes you don't know what life is for. Once I kind of got out of that rut, I realized that I'm so 100 percent okay with who Hannah is.
When you have a group of 30 people together, there's going to be people who don't like each other. That's just simple facts.
There are always going to be people who don't understand or want to say something negative. But ultimately I try to put my focus on the people who have been supportive and loving and encouraging throughout my journey.
We've got to change the language of how women speak to women and how men speak to women and how we shame them for the decisions that we make.
I think I've learned through not speaking up for myself and thinking that I needed to let men trample all over me, and that didn't work out and I did lose my voice and I knew I wasn't going to let that happen in my experience when I was trying to find someone to spend forever with.
I have my own autograph pads.
I want to keep my options open and make sure I'm doing the best thing for Hannah.
You don't compete in something if that's not your goal, you should always want to succeed.
You know what southern women are? Whiskey in a teacup. We're strong in the inside, but ornate on the outside.
God bless the United States of America, and Roll Tide.
I have been in love with somebody in my past who lied to me, who cheated on me, and I tried to make it work. But I'm not that girl anymore, and that's been something I've been so proud of.
A piece of my heart will aways be in Alabama.
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.
The rumba is the dance of love and lust.
My natural reaction is to smile through things.
I want a manly man who's not afraid to get down and dirty.
I set my alarm for 7:30 A.M., but it's really hard for me to wake up in the mornings.
I was terrified to be my true self because I felt that it wasn't enough. But I allowed myself to break down those walls.
I live my life and make mistakes and sin every single day... but that's what grace is for.
I think pageant girls just have a way of faking it until you make it, almost.
The basis of Christianity is loving people and not judgment.
My family has been really supportive of me and is really happy. They made me who I am and so they trust me and love me and ultimately want me to have love too.
When I did dance, I never felt enough. It probably was where I got my biggest insecurities as a kid.
I will never pretend like I did not come from Bachelor Nation.
I do love country music. And a real musician.
I was just a girl from Alabama.
I'm really into all of these relationship shows.
I have been told that I misrepresent being a Christian. And that has been soul-crushing.
Just because I work out and eat healthy doesn't mean I don't let myself have fun.
Everything that I said that I feel like I want, deserve, the type of respect that I want from a man, I still believe that. I still am going to hold those standards for any man in my life.
My journey on 'The Bachelor' was interesting. I definitely grew but had ups and downs.
Going from 'The Bachelorette' to being on 'Dancing with the Stars,' I'm having to work through some things.
Even when times are tough, I learned to hide behind a smile.
It's been sickening how much money I've passed up.
The desire of my heart is to be loved so fearlessly by somebody. I will not allow myself not to feel chosen every single day.
I am totally okay on my own. I don't want to have to have a man to feel whole. It's not that I need that to feel like I have a full life. No, I have a full life.
Whether it's with a microphone in your face or if it's just a friend having coffee with you. It's really nice for somebody to ask, 'How are you? Are you OK?'
I live my life by certain standards.
I am unfortunately a perfectionist at heart, so it's really hard to allow myself to not be good.
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 don't really know any other way than to be vulnerable or just be myself.
I think, especially growing up in the South, we are taught that women are supposed to be soft, gentle and kind of just goes along with everything and is submissive.
Oh, I am 1,000 percent too hard on myself.
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.
I'm not an actress, I'm a girl who was on reality TV.
Sometimes, yeah, I wish I would have protected my heart a little more, absolutely.
I have an audience of one, and that's the Lord. And we've had plenty of talks, let me tell you. And I know my heart's in the right place. And so I just have to stand firm on that.
Physical intimacy is emotionally binding. But there are lots of different sins.