contestant

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“Dean and I started taking the Baby Making Bundle from Perelel so we can get ahead together,” reads a sponsored post from Caelynn Bell, an influencer and a former contestant on ABC’s “The Bachelor.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

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

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

She was the fourth contestant to be eliminated, despite achieving consistently high scores from the judges, and later said during an Instagram Live that she had been “bullied off the show.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

But she doesn’t give me enough time to answer because she’s already rushing out to announce the next contestant.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy