Congratulations are in order!

On the very first Season of “The Golden Bachelorette,” fans saw Joan Vassos look for love, and this week we got to see her hand out the final Golden rose.

On their last week in the Islands of Tahiti, Chock Chapple got down on one knee and proposed to Joan as they looked out over the beautiful turquoise ocean.

After a heartbreaking goodbye with Guy Gansert the day before, Joan finally shared with Chock how she knew he was the one.

She said, “About a year and a half ago, I decided that I needed love back in my life. And from our first date in Disneyland, I thought I saw a future with you. And it’s the first time that I actually had pictured a future with anybody else in a really long time. And then, tragedy hit your family and your mom passed away and you had to leave. I wanted you to go, but I was really worried that you wouldn’t make it back. And that’s when I realized that I couldn’t do this journey without you.”

Joan went on, saying, “You made me feel comfortable, you made me feel safe, I felt like we could take care of each other, and I knew you would never hurt me. And that’s when I started picturing our future a little more vividly.” 

And while Joan has had her doubts about finding love again throughout the journey, she shared with Chock, “We are living proof that no matter what life throws at you, that there is still hope. Even at our age.”

She told him, “I waited until this moment and this amazing location to tell you that I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I want to wake up next to you in the morning, and I want to kiss you when I go to bed at night.”

Chock lit up and gave Joan a kiss before saying, “I do love you. I have a question for you… I’ve been waiting forever to do this.”

Then, Chock got down on one knee and proposed to Joan, saying, “Joan, will you marry me?”

Joan immediately answered, “Of course I’ll marry you!” and the newly engaged couple shared a romantic kiss.

After accepting Joan’s final rose, Chock said, “John and Kathy, I know they’re looking down on us and wishing us the best. And because they know we love each other, they would’ve wanted this exact same thing to happen. I’m the luckiest guy in the world! That’s all I can say!” 

Joan chimed in, saying, “This is better than any dream I could possibly have… I never in a million years thought I’d feel love like this again!”