The latest season of "The Bachelor" is only two months away, and fans of the franchise cannot wait to see who Ben Higgins will pick to be his fiancée by the end of the season. ABC has not released the names of the contestants for "The Bachelor 2016," but Reality Steve has the scoop on the 28 ladies who will be on the show next year. According to the website, among those vying for Ben's heart are twin sisters and two former contestants on Chris Soules' season.
Ben gained a lot of fans during Kaitlyn Bristowe's season of "The Bachelorette" for his gentlemanly ways, and lately more information has been released about the new Bachelor. It was reported that Ben is a Christian and that his faith is everything to him. He also does a lot of volunteer work and has even done some outside the country.
Here are the names of all the contestants, according to Reality Steve:
Breanne Rice- 30-year-old Holistic Nutritional Therapy Practitioner from Seattle, Washington
Olivia Caridi - 23-year-old news anchor and reporter from Virginia
Becca Tilley - Becca was a runner up in Chris Soules' season of "The Bachelor"; she is 26 years old and from San Diego, California
Amber James - 30-year-old bartender from Chicago; she was also on Chris' season and on "Bachelor in Paradise 2"
Emily and Haley Ferguson - 23-year-old twins from Las Vegas, Nevada and they used to work as cocktail waitresses
Lauren Himes - 25 years old and a teacher at Novi Woods Elementary School in Novi, Michigan.
Lauren Barr - 23 years old and is a buyer for a fashion boutique; she lives in Stillwater, Oklahoma
Lauren Bushnell - Lauren is a flight attendant for Alaska Airlines; she is 25 years old and currently lives in LA
Caila Quinn - 23 years old and is from Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts
Leah Block - 25 years old and an event coordinator from Denver, Colorado
Jen Saviano - 25 years old and runs an online clothing store; she lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Joelle Fletcher - 24 years and is from Dallas, Texas; she recently started her own real estate development company
Amanda Stanton - 25 years old and is from Orange County, California; she is a mom to two daughters aged 3 and 1
Jubilee Sharpe - 24-year-old former model from Miami, Florida
Rachel Tchen - 24-year-old from Little Rock, Arkansas
Lace Morris - 25-year-old real estate broker from Denver, Colorado
Lauren Russell - contestant from Houston, Texas, who, according to Reality Steve, was eliminated on the first night
Isabel Goodkind - 23-year-old freelance graphic design artist from New York
Jami Letain- 23-year-old from Vancouver, Canada; the website reports that she is friends with Kaitlyn Bristowe
Tiara Solem - 27-year-old dental assistant from Washington
Jackie Dion - 23-year-old from Los Angeles, California; just like Ben, she is said to be very involved in community work
Samantha Passmore - 26-year-old law clerk from Florida
Laura Esselman - 25-year-old account executive from Kentucky
Jessica Moser - 23-year-old from Boca Raton, Florida
Shushanna Mkrtychyan - 27-year-old from Salt Lake, Utah
Amanda Kremer - 28-year-old dentist from Portland, Oregon
Maegan Miller - 30-year-old from Texas
According to Reality Steve, the final four have already been selected by Ben and that he recently went to the ladies' respective hometowns.
Who will make a great first impression on Ben when he meets the ladies at the Bachelor mansion next year? Find out when "The Bachelor" returns to ABC in January 2016.
