Back in 2007, "Bachelor" viewers were shocked when lame-oid Brad Womack decided not to choose either of the final 2 contestants (Jenni Croft or DeAnna Pappas) in the show's last episode. Uh, didn't he get that memo about the point of the show? DeAnna was totally heartbroken, but picked herself up and became "The Bachelorette." Only she and her final choice -- Jesse Csincsak -- didn't work out, either. Now, DeAnna has found her new love. And oddly enough, it happened because of "The Bachelor." One of DeAnna's good friends is Holly Durst, a contestant on "The Bachelor" who was let go by Matt Grant. (Bizarre side note: she also dated Jesse.) Holly later got together with Michael Stagliano, who tried to win over Jillian Harris on "The Bachelorette." Holly and Michael decide to set up DeAnna with Michael's twin, Stephen, and -- shocker -- it worked. DeAnna is currently home in Georgia, planning her wedding to Stephen, which will apparently be going down very soon. According to RadarOnline, before she left for the trip, Stephen tweeted, "The love of my life leaves me today to go home to Georgia :( ." There's something oddly inspiring about seeing someone who was crushed on "The Bachelor" find love in real life. And we were happy to discover a few other "Bachelor" and "Bachelorette" alums who went from heartbroken to giddily happy in a very short time. The Frisky: "Bachelorette" Ali's 6 steps make any man fall madly in love. 1. She sought out her ex after public humiliation. Melissa Rycroft had one of the most disappointing runs on "The Bachelor" ever. After picking her and proposing in the final episode, Jason Mesnick changed his mind and very publicly dumped her for runner-up Molly Malaney on the "After the Final Rose" special. It was bad. Really, really bad. But Melissa leaned on a close friend and ex, Tye Strickland, after it all went down. Six months later they were engaged and they tied the knot last December, having their first kiss as a married couple to an instrumental version of the "Monday Night Football" theme song. She told Us Weekly, "We've been really good friends, but the timing was never right," she said. "It's funny how things happen. [Jason dumping me] was one of the best things that has happened to me in my life." The Frisky: 8 celebrity dudes describe their dream woman. 2. Double rejections led to double happiness. Both Tara Durr and John Presser got rejected the first night they appeared on the series. The "Bachelor" Lorenzo Borghese just wasn't feeling Tara, the real estate agent from Florida. And the "Bachelorette" Jillian sent John packing without much of a chance. But through assorted reunions of the show, these two met and fell in love. "We probably never would have met if it wasn't for the show. He's actually from Indiana, and I've never even been to Indiana, and he's now in Connecticut, and I had never been to Connecticut," Tara said. John is pumped, too. In an interview with People, he revealed (TMI?), "Her morals were there. She saved herself for marriage, and for a girl like her, extremely attractive, to save herself for marriage," he said. "I'm just an extremely lucky guy." The Frisky: 10 celebrity couples who look related -- eww! 3. He went from being bashed to being matched. It's a little harder to feel sorry for Aaron Buerge, who had his choice of ladyfolk on season two of "The Bachelor" and ended up with Helen Eksterowicz. But they broke up after a few months, and Helen penned a book bashing him called Nobody's Perfect: What to Do When You've Fallen for a Jerk but You Want to Make It Work. So we're happy that he finally found love and asked Angye McIntosh to marry him last year. In an interview with People magazine, he explained how they met: "My ex-girlfriend and I thought we would get together for some beers with some other people, and that's how I met Angye," he said. "Long story short, I got some hot dog mustard on her the first time we met." Cute! The Frisky: Did you notice? 10 startling character switcheroos. TM & © 2010 TMV, Inc. | All Rights Reserved.

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Some heartbroken "Bachelor" contestants have found new love because of the show. Melissa Rycroft married her ex after Jason Mesnick publicly dumped her. Tara Durr and John Presser were rejected the first night, but met on reunion episodes.

By. Daily Mail Reporter. PUBLISHED:. 17:19 EST, 12 December 2012. |. UPDATED:. 17:19 EST, 12 December 2012. A 12-year-old boy has been shot dead by his friend who was playing with his grandfather's gun. Demetri Phillips was killed after being shot in the head on Tuesday evening while the pair were at his friend's grandfather's home. The grandfather allegedly kept the gun under his pillow in the bedroom of his home in University City, Missouri. Scroll down for video. Tragic accident: Demetri Phillips, 12, was accidentally shot and killed by a friend while they played with a gun in University City, Missouri on Tuesday. The bedroom door was unlocked and the gun had no safety catch. Police said that it was likely the boy knew where his grandfather kept the gun as he was being raised by him and lived at the house. Police are now investigating and it is unclear whether charges will be brought against the grandfather. A four-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in the foot after he found a gun at his family home, police said. The child, who has not been identified, injured himself on Tuesday night and was taken to hospital in Houston, Texas. The boy is in critical condition. The child was at home with his parents when the shooting happened. He had climbed on top of a chest in the bedroom and found the gun. After hearing the gunshot, his parents found him lying on the bed and dialed 911. No charges have so far been brought. The boy who fired the gun has not been identified and is currently being held in a juvenile detention center. The case is being treated as an accidental shooting, police said. Demetri was in the sixth grade at  Brittany Woods Middle School in University City and was in the same class as the friend who shot him. School spokeswoman Shantana T. Stewart told the St Louis-Post Dispatch: 'Demetri had a really good sense of humor. 'He was creative and came up with stories full of adventure.' A neighbor said that after he heard the shot being fired, he saw the boy come out of the garage with his cellphone in his hand and he was calling the police. Demetri's body was lying on the porch behind the garage at the suburban home. Fatal: The two boys had been playing at this home in a suburb of University City, Missouri when one friend shot the other in the head.

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Demetri Phillips was killed on Tuesday in University City, Missouri. In separate incident, boy, 4, in critical condition after shooting himself in the foot at home in Houston, Texas.