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!