A billboard above Seventh Avenue in Manhattan shows Sha Tabb appealing for dates. Courtesy of Wingman A former cheerleader for the Miami Dolphins who was looking for love appeared on a billboard in May. Her friends arranged the stunt with the help of a dating app called Wingman.
She found a spark with a New Yorker, who told Insider she’s “absolutely beautiful. ” While Sheri Ralliford had always thought it was a great idea to post the dating profile of her friend Sha Tabb on a billboard in Times Square, she was struck by the number of guys jostling to meet the former NFL cheerleader. “There were thousands,” Ralliford said of the men who responded to the appeal that she and Tabb’s other pal Jacqui Duran had placed on the billboard in May.
She told Insider she “wasn’t surprised” that Tabb had attracted so much interest, because she’s “beautiful with an amazing personality and a lot to offer in a relationship. “The billboard, which appeared on Seventh Avenue in Manhattan, resulted in national publicity. It was arranged by Ralliford and Duran in conjunction with Wingman, a dating app that lets family and friends of single people meddle in their love lives — they write the person’s profile, sift through the replies, and suggest which people might be a good fit.
Tabb’s friends got to sing her praises on a much larger scale: Her face was plastered on the billboard above the words “Sha is always cheering others on… now we are cheering her on!” They were referring to the four years that Tabb served as a cheerleader for the Miami Dolphins, before switching careers to become a traffic reporter on the radio. Tabb had struggled to find the right manTabb’s friends said in her dating profile that she was “kind, loving, friendly, beautiful, genuine and easy to talk to. “Tabb, 42, who lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, told Insider that she went along with it because she “couldn’t find anyone that truly was on the same page” as her.
She said she’d become so disheartened that she deleted the dating apps on her phone. She said that, unlike her, the men she’d met “didn’t seem like they were really looking for a relationship. “Tabb’s friends sang her praises in her dating profile.
Courtesy of WingmanBut she told Insider she felt it would be less awkward and uncomfortable if her friends asked about their intentions. “It’s an easier conversation,” she said. She said that people who had her back were more comfortable asking sensitive questions like “Are you looking to start a family?”More than 4,000 people checked her profileWingman’s CEO, Tina Wilson, said in a statement to Insider that more than 4,000 people checked out Tabb’s landing page once the billboard went up.
She said she got involved because Tabb’s dating profile caught her eye, showing that even a former professional cheerleader who was “beautiful inside and out” struggled to find love. Ralliford and Duran agreed that her story was worth publicizing to reassure other single people and boost Tabb’s chance of meeting the right man. A month after Tabb’s billboard appeared, her wingwomen had settled on three top guys.
One lived in California, which made it difficult to arrange a rendezvous. But the others, Michael and Justin, from New York and New Jersey, were available for a date at the Russian Tea Room in Manhattan. Tabb visited New York so she could meet both men.
Tabb posing with Jacqui Duran, center, and Sheri Ralliford, who acted as matchmakers for her. Courtesy of WingmanThey didn’t know it, but Ralliford was sitting at the bar to give them the once-over. “I was hiding in the background,” she said.
“I was there in case Sha needed me or anything. “Tabb didn’t need to send out a distress signal, though she said she and Justin had “no chemistry. ” But she said her meeting with Michael, a 42-year-old investor, was “effortless.
“”Michael bought me a single pink rose and said, ‘I made sure that they put glitter on it for you too,'” Tabb said, adding, “He’d done a lot of research about me online and was telling me how fascinating I was. “The conversation soon turned to personal matters. “He’d say sweet things about how much love he had to give,” Tabb said.
“We just aligned because he wants to have a family, and that if we couldn’t have a kid then he’s open to adoption. “She said Michael made so many funny jokes that she could hear Ralliford, who was eavesdropping, laughing at the bar. “I could tell from her reaction that she was having as good a time as me,” Tabb said.
Since then, Tabb and Michael have talked, texted, or FaceTimed almost every day. Michael plans to visit Tabb in FloridaIn an email to Insider, Michael, who asked that his last name not be used for privacy reasons, praised Tabb’s “aura. ” He wrote, “It is calming and it exudes an amazingly good vibe and energy that makes me feel totally comfortable and at ease.
“As for her billboard, he wrote that “at first glance” all he was thinking was “how absolutely beautiful she looked in that massive photo. “Tabb said that they’ve gotten on so well that Michael plans to visit Florida soon. “I’m really excited about where this is going to go with him,” she said.
“He’s just really the person that I was looking for. “But she added: “I don’t want to jump the gun, because sometimes when you jump, things don’t work. “Ralliford said she didn’t agree.
Insider asked whether she might hear wedding bells in the near future — and, if so, would she and Duran be bridesmaids? “Too right!” she said. Read the original article on Insider.
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