The Bachelor's Emily Maynard and Ricky Hendrick photo
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The Bachelorette’s Emily Maynard was Ricky Hendrick’s fiance before he died

ByAsa Hawks

Millions of viewers will be tuned in Monday night when the 15th season of ABC’s reality romance competition The Bachelor premieres at 8/7c featuring Brad Womack taking a second stab at finding true love among 30 beautiful women assembled from all over North America. For most of the women contestants it will be the first time they will find themselves in the national spotlight, but the same cannot be said for Emily Maynard, a 24-year-old blond beauty originally from Morgantown, West Virginia.

Emily’s tragic story and triumphant recovery is covered in detail in this installment of The Bachelor Files!

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The Bachelor 15 spoilers: Did Brad Womack spend Thanksgiving with Chantal O’Brien?

ByStarcasm Staff

SPOILERS! Blogger Reality Steve is notorious for spoiling seasons of The Bachelor, and The Bachelorette, but he has also been proven wrong a few notable times. He nailed The Bachelor 14 with Jake Pavelka, and his chosen girl Vienna Girardi, but he fumbled with the ending of The Bachelorette 6 with Ali Fedotowsky, claiming that…

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PHOTOS BIO The Bachelorette 2011 Ashley Hebert

ByAsa Hawks

Meet Ashley Hebert, a 26-year-old dance instructor originally from Madawaska, Maine and currently enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ashley is one of 30 women that will be competing on Season 15 of The Bachelor in which Brad Womack tries for the second time to find the love of his life. The season premiere is set for Monday, January 3 at 8/7c on ABC, but for those fans of The Bachelor out there with little patience I offer up just about all the info there is to find on the internet pertaining to the very attractive and super-fit Ashley Hebert in this edition of The Bachelor Files!

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PHOTOS VIDEOS BIO Shawntel Newton from The Bachelor 2011 with Brad Womack

ByAsa Hawks

On the outside this lovely 24-year-old brunette from Chico, California is exactly what you would expect from a Bachelor contestant, but Shawntel Newton’s resume packs a bit of a surprise – instead of spending her days pursuing a modeling career, waiting tables or being a marketing executive, Shawntel is busy learning the family business of dealing with people’s grief and pumping formaldehyde! That’s right, She’s a funeral director on her way to also becoming a licensed embalmer!

They’re creepy and they’re kooky,
Mysterious and spooky,
They’re all together ooky,
The Newton Family

(And did I mention she’s super fine?)

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PHOTOS VIDEO and BIO Chantal O’Brien from The Bachelor 15 with Brad Womack

ByAsa Hawks

It’s getting to be that time of year again! Season 15 of The Bachelor kicks off in less than four weeks as the hunky Brad Womack tries for his second time to find the love of his life by dating more than 20 women at once. That means it is time for our starcasm sleuths to dust off their internet magnifying glasses and compile their infamous “Bachelor Files” for the latest bunch of hottie Mrs. Womack wannabes!

First up is 28-year-old brunette Chantal O’Brien from Mercer Island, Washington. Chantal is already infamous after ABC featured the scene in which she and Brad meet for the first time in a promo video for the upcoming season. Keep reading to see Chantal’s memorable entrance and find out more about Chantal, including the identity of her sort of famous ex-husband!