Amanda, 23, paralegal from Fridley, Minnesota

Amanda, 23
Single
Paralegal
Fridley, MN

Amanda has a bachelor's degree in paralegal studies/political science. She studied at the Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota.

She currently works as a legal contract specialist for a large health care insurance company. She claims that her mother is her best friend, and she encouraged Amanda to never give up and be a hard worker. She was very close to her father before he died, and considers herself to be the strong one of the family.

She loves to cook, Italian cuisine being her specialty. She's a hopeless romantic and wonders where all the good men are in the world. She sends her friends a daily motivational quote of the day by text message. Her favorite activities include running, shopping, dancing and entertaining. She loves football and played powder puff football in high school. She has two cats, and one, Chloe, thinks she's a dog.

Her birth date is August 17, 1984.

Seems kinda boring compared to some of the other HG's intros. We shall see very soon!! I am so excited

Thanks Moody for posting these, I am enjoying them!! I can't get on their myspaces from here but I will check it out later. Thanks again for all your hard work!

My brother sends everyone in our family a motivational phrase too.

I think I'll post something about her. She seems nice.
I will probably like her. I hope she doesn't get eaten alive by the nutcases it looks like they've picked.

She may be a sleeper NancyB.
She is nice it seems.
She may be one who doesnt stand out right away compared to the rest and that might be a good thing.

"She will blow you away, though"

I think I'll probably like her...She might surprise us and have a lot of fire hidden beneath all those words in her bio.

LOL. I just checked my e-mail and todays "motivational quote" from my brother said "A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow... or maybe it was "a restless mind makes a ruffled pillow".. I don't remember. You get the point.

I think I would like this girl. She's not a 'model' 'bartender' bikini barista (WTF?) or student. She has a real occupation.

She may be the only 'real' person in the house! :sunny:

She kind of seems like the Carol of this season.

Thanks and thanks to Kitty for the link.

So i've been reading on other sites and there have been LOTS of comparisons between Amanda and Janelle. Some ppl are actually insisting that they must be sisters or relatives, and i've read where ppl actually think it's Janelle in disguise (dunno if they're being serious).

What do you guys think of the comparisons?

I don't like Amanda, but I like Janelle. Amanda is a snot and seems fake to me. She has a nice body and she knows it..that right there is a turn off with me.

Nancy wrote:
She is the "Emma" of the house

What do you mean Nancy

I really like Amanda, I think she is more real than the rest in there... something about her I really like... Now.. Jen, ugh,.... yikes.... when she talks all I hear, is blah, blah, blah

i like amanda too Diva.
She has this way about her.
She doesnt get bothered by the things people say about her and can laugh at herself.

She is no Janelle. But I like her.

I just posted her crack in media. So I guess she has a nice smile...

I am digging Amanda, and I do see the visual similarity to Janelle. Something in her face, though, Janie has something extremely special, which Amanda lacks...oh who am I kidding....Everyone in the world lacks LOL. My initial wacky thought was maybe a cousin of Janie......I HAVE NO PROOF, just saw a resemblance.

She has a very Minnesotan/Cheesehead speech pattern and mannerism. We are kinda gentle up here by nature. Hard winters do that to ya...don't wanna get locked out of the house And snuggling is a necessity sometimes, so we get trained early in life.

I agree that she is an "Emma". As far as Janelle is concerned, Janelle looked beautiful in sweatpants, not like she was poured into them. It's going to be awhile before they find another gem like Janelle but it isn't Amanda.