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?

Meet Jennifer, a 28-year-old accountant from Cache, Oklahoma competing for the heart of Ben Flajnik on Season 16 of The Bachelor premiering January 2, 2012. Keep reading for Jennifer’s official ABC portrait, a brief Q&A and a photo of her meeting Ben for the first time from episode one!

Meet Jenna Burke, a 27-year-old blogger from Loveland, Ohio who will take a hiatus from blogging in order to compete for the heart of The Bachelor Ben Flajnik. Keep reading for photos, a brief Q&A, and a link to Jenna’s blog!

Meet Holly, a 34-year-old pharmaceutical sales rep from Salyersville, Kentucky competing for the heart of Ben Flajnik on The Bachelor Season 16 premiering January 2, 2012. We don’t know too much about Holly, but keep reading for some photos and a brief Q&A from ABC.

Meet 27-year-old Jaclyn Swartz, an advertising account manager for CBSSports.com who will be competing for Ben Flajnik’s heart on The Bachelor 16 set to premiere January 2.

Our next contestant from Season 16 of The Bachelor with Ben Flajnik is Dianna, a 30-year-old non-profit director from California. Her favorite romantic present was an autographed NSYNC photo and she has admittedly started five kitchen fires. Ummmmm… I don’t think I like her chances this season.

Meet Brittney, a 26-year-old medical sales rep competing for the heart of Ben Flajnik on Season 16 of The Bachelor, set to premiere January 2, 2012 on ABC. There’s not too much info on Brittney out there (like a last name) but we do have a brief Q&A and photos! (That would be enough for a dating site, right?)

Meet Anna Snowball, a 25-year-old student from Canada who will be one of 25 eligible ladies trying to win the heart of The Bachelor Ben Flajnik in the 16th season of the popular romantic reality series on ABC set to premiere on January 2.

Meet Amber Tierney, a 28-year-old critical care nurse from Waverly, Nebraska who is one of 25 eligible bachelorettes who will be competing for the heart of The Bachelor Ben Flajnik in the sixteenth season of ABC’s popular romantic reality series.

Meet Amber Bacon, one of twenty-five eligible bachelorettes competing for the heart of hunky wine maker Ben Flajnik on Season 16 of The Bachelor set to premiere January 2, 2012 on ABC. Amber is a 23-year-old nurse from British Columbia, Canada with no tattoos and fond memories of hunting witches as a kid.