Author: Asa Hawks

Meet Nicki Sterling, a 26-year-old dental student from Texas who will be hoping her bright smile catches the eye of Ben Flajnik on this season of The Bachelor. Keep reading to find out about Nicki, including her apparent affinity for partying out of a can and why she used to go by the name Nicki Felix!

The 16th season of The Bachelor premiered tonight on ABC featuring Ben Flajnik, a 28-year-old winemaker from California, hoping to find love among 25 beautiful single women from around the world! For the last couple months we’ve been profiling all the contestants on the upcoming season, with all sorts of photos, links, and background info, and now we’ve compiled them all in brief with links to the ladies’ full profiles! Keep reading for photos, a quick description and our “pro,” “con” and “heterosexual dude notes” for each!

ABC’s romantic reality competition series The Bachelor doesn’t usually feature too many soccer moms among its single and redy to mingle female contestants, but that’s exactly what Ben Flajnik will get – albeit with a twist – in 28-year-old Shawn Reynolds! Shawn is a single mom and a financial adviser for Wells Fargo who played collegiate soccer as an undergraduate at Arizona State and as a graduate student at Xavier University in her home state of Ohio. Keep reading for all the deets on Shawn as you get fully prepared for the season premiere of The Bachelor on January 2!

Among the 25 ladies pitching woo and whispering sweet nothings in the ear of Ben Flajnik will be one doing so with a British accent! Meet Lyndsie J, a 29-year-old internet personality who goes by the name “Lyndsie Lou” on the web site TheValleyCatch.com. Keep reading for lots of background info on Lyndsie as well as photos and numerous videos, including some very not politically correct jokes!

Meet Kacie Boguskie, a 24-year-old baton twirling administrative assistant from Knoxville, Tennessee who will be throwing her hat baton into the reality show dating ring as one of 25 eligible bachelorettes competing for the heart of The Bachelor Ben Flajnik when the 16th season of the show kicks off January 2! Find out more about Kacie and see some great photos, including a great one of her getting her baton twirling on as a teenager at Rossview High School in 2003!

Meet Erika Uhlig, a 23-year-old beauty queen and student currently living in Chicago who will be one of the 25 single ladies competing for the heart of Ben Flajnik in Season 16 of The Bachelor set to premiere on ABC January 2. But, even if she doesn’t win the title of Mrs. Flajnik, Erika has another title to fall back on because she is the reigning Miss Chicago! Keep reading for the Rica 411 including the answer to those two all important beauty queen questions: What’s her talent and what does she look like in a swimsuit?