<p>I have a Tapestry PropertyModel for gender.  Right now the dropdown just shows Male and Female because those are the only values in my model. I'd like to add a "Choose an Option" option.  Is there a standard way to do this without having to add a fake value to my model?  I'd also like it to be smart enough to know that if the field is required, they can't leave it set to "Choose an Option".</p>

One solution is to use the LabeledPropertySelectionModel to wrap the real model like:
```
```
new LabeledPropertySelectionModel(new GenderModel(), "Choose an Option")
```
```
The JavaDoc for that class says:
Decorates an underlying IPropertySelectionModel adding an initial property. The label option, and value of the initial property are configurable.