PA R K E R C O U N T Y T O D AY
FEBRUARY 2016
video to get cast on the show, and my video was
of me decked out in my NASCAR gear with my big
thoroughbred on the left of me and my mini-horse
on the right of me.”
Huey didn’t get to make the LA trip, but the
producers, Miller said, were keen to provide a
petite pony for her appearance. It was a gas ―
funny and quirky, just the ratings-boosting kind of
gimmick TV folks get all giddy over.
While Miller expected the entrance to be a
hoot, she had low expectations for romance.
“That Ben guy is a super nice guy,” Miller said.
“But he’s really a city guy from Denver… I kinda
had a feeling it wouldn’t work out.”
And it didn’t ― Ben eliminated her in the first
episode. It didn’t break her heart.
“Night number one they dropped seven of
us right off the bat,” the 30-year-old said. “And I
really can’t say I was shocked. He was a really nice
guy, great conversation ― I loved talking to him
― but absolutely no romantic connection at all.
I didn’t think anything else was going to happen
there.”
So she had some fun and a unique experience
in LA and now is back home on the “farm” with
her two thoroughbreds, a paint quarter horse, a
rescue Welsh pony and, to be sure, Huey.
Miller seems to be very much at home in Parker
County, Texas, but she hails from the “number one
agricultural area in the country: Tulare County,
CA.” She just had her fill of Californian liberalism.
“We had to get out here where there were more
like-minded people,” Miller said, adding that her
grandparents are originally from Texas.
The road to Weatherford was a fairly indirect
one. She drove the entire state twice, sizing up
the larger cities and finally “falling in love with
Fort Worth.” She and sister Marissa moved in
November, 2011 to Saginaw where they rented a
house for six months, basically a base from which
to search for the perfect place, which turned out to
be in Parker County.
“You know, it was 20-25 minutes in to Fort
Worth, and we were able to buy some property ―
it fit what we were looking for,” said Miller. “I feel
like Weatherford has that small-town feel, yet we
can go in to Fort Worth and do something city-like
if we want to ― the option is there.”
Being on a nationally-aired TV show like The
Bachelor certainly raises one’s profile; Miller is
getting her “15 minutes” on the Internet. One
thing some celebrity hounders and bloggers
seem obsessed with is bachelorette Miller’s listed
profession: cowgirl. That’s what’s in the ABC bioblurb online.
“I don’t consider myself a cowgirl,” she told
PCT. “All those city people just see the horses and
the boots and they think: ‘Oh, she’s a cowgirl!’
They can think that, whatever makes them feel
better, [but] … I’m not raising cattle or roping
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cows or anything. I’m definitely a country girl. I’m a very, very
big country girl ― I take care of the property by myself, I do all
the hard manual labor. … See, to me a cowgirl is someone that
actually works in the cattle industry, you know, or you’re out there
doing barrel races, or something … .”
There may be a bit of good old-fashioned “hair-splitting”
going on here, but one thing is certain: the cowboy boots are a
permanent fixture.
“I don’t go anywhere I can’t wear my cowboy boots,” Miller
the bookkeeper said with pride. “I’m not one to wear stilettos or
heels. It’s the cowboy boots. That’s it.”
Cowboy boots aside: has her dash through the big-time TV
spotlights got eligible bachelors coming out of the proverbial
woodwork?
“Not a single one,” she said with a good-natured laugh. “In
fact, I think I just scare them more now … .”
Maegan Miller — boots and all.