The Bachelor 2012 Contestants and Photos – From Cute to Curiously Old

Ben F. will start off his edition of The Bachelor 2012 with 25 ladies to meet (including one Grandmother) and then must cut seven of them. After that, he needs to find his future wife in those remaining nineteen. Think he’ll do it?

For those who loved Ben Flajnik (say it like Flannick) with Ashley Hebert it was heartbreaking to see him propose only to be rejected. Now Ben is ready to put all that hurt behind him to press onward. He still hopes to find a wife he can start a family with. This is why he’s the next of ABC’s The Bachelor!

The Bachelor 2012 Contestants

Amber B., 23, labor and delivery nurse, Port Coquitlam, Canada
Amber T., 29, critical care nurse, Waverly, NE
Anna, 25, student, Detroit, MI

Blakeley, 34, VIP cocktail waitress, Charlotte, NC

Brittney, 26, medical sales rep (close with Sheryl, Grandmother), Denver, CO

Casey S., 26, trading clerk, Leawood (wants to have love like her grandparents have), KS

Courtney, 28, (super confident) model, Santa Monica, CA
Dianna, 30, non-profit director, San Gabriel, CA
Elyse, 24, personal trainer, Chicago, IL
Emily, 27, PhD student, Chapel Hill, NC
Erika, 23, law student, Chicago, IL
Holly, 34, pharmaceutical sales rep, Salyersville, KY
Jaclyn, 27, advertising account manager, Newton, MA

Jamie, 25, registered nurse (with a difficult young life, having raised her siblings), Dryden, NY

Jenna, 27, blogger (no updates since August on Jenna’s blog – big “crazy” alert on this one), New York City, NY
Jennifer, 28, accountant, Oklahoma City, OK
Kacie B., 24, administrative assistant, Clarksville, TN

Lindzi C., 27, business development manager (horse lover), Seattle, WA

Lyndsie J., 29, internet entrepreneur, Scottsdale, AZ
Monica, 33, dental consultant (possible bisexual?), Salt Lake City, UT

Nicki, 26, dental hygienist (married at a young age, now divorced) , Hurst, TX
Rachel, 27, fashion sales rep. (first to meet Ben F), New York City, NY
Samantha, 26, advertising account manager, Los Angeles, CA
Shawn, 28, financial advisor (single Mom to son, Gavin), Phoenix, AZ
Shira, actress, Los Angeles, CA

(The Bachelor 2012 Contestants Photos ABC/CRAIG SJODIN)