contestant
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Her casting was a break from “The Bachelorette” tradition in that she had not been a contestant on a previous season of “The Bachelor.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
Nead: If you think about someone like Bekah Martinez, a former contestant, she does more homesteading content now, and she’s so real and raw.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
She says it was only "a few years ago" when she and fellow contestant Amy Gledhill were performing in a Leeds club "where the green room is essentially a cupboard with beer barrels as seats".
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Paul, the first contestant not to be plucked from the Bachelor Nation, broke that mould in many ways.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
“And our final contestant, representing our littlest people, is Claudia Odom, who wrote a sweet and funny poem she calls ‘Cornbread and Cows.’
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
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