By Wonderwall.com Editors
4:48pm PDT, Aug 7, 2023
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We're taking a look back at the former stars of "The Bachelorette" to see how their lives (and looks!) have changed over the years, starting with this alum, who made headlines in August 2023…
Kaitlyn Bristowe headlined the 11th season of "The Bachelorette" in 2015 after a controversial start: On the season premiere, the men voted to determine whether she or Britt Nilsson — who also competed for Chris Soules' heart on season 19 of "The Bachelor" in 2015 — would lead the season. Kaitlyn won the vote and went on to get engaged to Shawn Booth on the season finale.
Keep reading to see her and more former "The Bachelorette" stars now…
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Kaitlyn Bristowe and Shawn Booth called it quits in late 2018. Just a few months later, she started seeing Jason Tartick, who competed for Becca Kufrin's heart on season 14 of "The Bachelorette." They got engaged in 2021 — the same year the "Off the Vine" podcast hostess returned to Bachelor Nation to co-host the 17th and 18th seasons of "The Bachelorette" with fellow former Bachelorette Tayshia Adams after Chris Harrison got the boot from the long-running franchise. In 2020, Kaitlyn won the 29th season of "Dancing With the Stars" with partner Artem Chigvintsev.
In August 2023, Kaitlyn and Jason announced they'd split after more than four years together and a two-year engagement. However, they added in a joint statement, "Continuing our friendship is incredibly important to both of us. We feel grateful to be ending our engagement with love and respect for each other. It's heartbreaking and sad to say goodbye, but our care and admiration for one another will never die."
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Former Miami Heat cheerleader and physical therapist Trista Rehn — who initially competed for Alex Michel's heart on the first season of "The Bachelor" — found love with fireman Ryan Sutter on the very first season of "The Bachelorette" in 2003.
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Trista Sutter and Ryan Sutter are still going strong. They tied the knot in 2003 in a televised ceremony a few months after finding love on "The Bachelorette." They had two children — daughter Blakesley and son Maxwell — and renewed their vows (on television, natch) in January 2013. In June 2021 — after a mysterious year-long health battle — Ryan revealed on Trista's "Better Etc." podcast that he'd been diagnosed with Lyme disease. "It's been hard," Trista, who turned 50 in October 2022, said while reflecting on Ryan's sickness. "It's a really difficult thing to see the person that you love most in this world struggling. And he's a big strong guy, and to see him get emotional and feel helpless in a way in that all I could do was really advocate for him. So that's what I did." The pair reside in Eagle County, Colorado.
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After failing to find love with Bob Guiney on the fourth season of "The Bachelor," makeup artist and model Meredith Phillips headlined the second season of "The Bachelorette" in 2004. She got engaged to Ian McKee on the season finale.
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Meredith Phillips and Ian McKee called it quits a year later in February 2005. The former model went on to publish a cookbook — "The Date Night Cookbook: Romantic Recipes for the Busy Couple" — in 2008. She married her high school sweetheart, Michael Broady, in 2011, and opened up to People magazine in 2013 about her struggle with alcoholism. In 2018, the former reality star alleged that she was drugged and sexually assaulted by an unidentified female masseuse during her time on "The Bachelorette." Meredith, seen here back in 2007, has stayed out of the spotlight since then.
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After her engagement to "The Bachelor" season 3 star Andrew Firestone came to an end, Jen Schefft starred on season 3 of "The Bachelorette," which aired in 2005. She gave her final rose to Jerry Ferris but said no when he proposed.
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After failing to find love on television, Jen Schefft retreated to a more private life. She married Joe Waterman in 2009 and had two children, daughters Mae and Charlotte. She also published a book, "Better Single Than Sorry," in 2007. The former reality star now resides in northeast Ohio — "I grew up outside of Cleveland and my husband is from Cincinnati, so we decided to move home to be closer to family," she once told Us Weekly. In 2020 she launched her podcast, "From the Bachelor to the Burbs," about her post-fame life.
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After Brad Womack broke up with her on season 11 of "The Bachelor," DeAnna Pappas took her turn as the star of "The Bachelorette" on the show's fourth season in 2008. The real estate agent gave her final rose to Jesse Csincsak and said yes when he proposed on the season finale.
Sadly, their fairytale romance wasn't made to last…
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DeAnna Pappas and Jesse Csincsak broke up about four months after their season finale aired. She ultimately found love with a different member of the extended Bachelor Nation family: Michael Stagliano, who competed for Jillian Harris's heart on season 5 of "The Bachelorette," introduced DeAnna to his twin brother, Stephen Stagliano — and the rest is history! They married in October 2011 and went on to welcome two children: daughter Addison and son Austin. Sadly, though, it wasn't meant to be: In January 2023, the mother of two — who's worked in the podcast space for a number of years now and recently co-hosted the "Flashbacks" podcast with fellow former reality star Jessica Hall — took to Instagram to announce that she and Stephen were going their separate ways.
In July 2023, DeAnna revealed that she entered "trauma therapy" to deal with the "very traumatic" breakup: "I went to a trauma center back in December and I went three days a week for three hours — intensive therapy. [It was] the best thing I could have done for myself. I found it astounding and life-changing. If I could have afforded to go for another month, I would have because I found it astounding and the things that I learned about myself and my marriage," she said.
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Jillian Harris — who first competed for Jason Mesnick's heart on season 13 of "The Bachelor" — starred on the fifth season of "The Bachelorette" in 2009. The Canadian interior designer got engaged to technology consultant Ed Swiderski on the season finale.
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Jillian Harris and Ed Swiderski went their separate ways a year later in July 2010. But her career in television had only just begun. In 2010, she worked as a designer on "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." She then hosted "Love It or List It Too." These days, she has her own company, The Jilly Box, which provides customers with a seasonal box of her favorite items. She's doing great in the romance department as well: She found love with pro snowboarder Justin Pasutto. The couple, who have two children — Leo and Annie — got engaged in 2016 but have yet to tie the knot.
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Ali Fedotowsky starred on season 6 of "The Bachelorette" in 2010 after she picked her job over Jake Pavelka on season 14 of "The Bachelor." She found love with Roberto Martinez and said yes when he proposed on the season finale.
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Ali Fedotowsky and Roberto Martinez called it quits a year later in November 2011. Ali, who worked as a correspondent on E! News, married radio host Kevin Manno in 2017. The couple welcomed daughter Molly in 2016 and son Riley in 2018. "I'd like to think that I would've met my husband regardless of the show, but the truth is if I had never gone on 'The Bachelor' and 'The Bachelorette,' I'm not sure I would have!" Ali told Us Weekly in 2018. The former "The Bachelorette" star and her family made a big move in 2021, relocating from California to Nashville.
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Dental student Ashley Hebert headlined season 7 of "The Bachelorette" in 2011 after Brad Womack dumped her on season 15 of "The Bachelor." She accepted a marriage proposal from J.P. Rosenbaum on the season finale.
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In 2012, Ashley Hebert and J.P. Rosenbaum tied the knot in a beautiful ceremony that was later broadcast as a television special. The dentist and the contractor welcomed son Fordham in 2014 and daughter Essex in 2016, but it wasn't meant to be: In October 2020, the pair announced that they were going their separate ways after almost eight years of marriage. "We created the most beautiful children and shared memories that will never be forgotten. Our differences have taken a toll on our relationship and after years of attempting to repair the damage, we've decided that it is in our family's best interest to create new and separate lives for our children," Ashley said when they announced their split. The same year they broke up, Ashley launched her own practice, Premier Pediatric Dentistry, in Coral Gables, Florida.
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Emily Maynard won Brad Womack's heart on season 15 of "The Bachelor," but once their engagement came to an end, she signed up to headline the eighth season of "The Bachelorette" in 2012. She accepted a marriage proposal from Jef Holm on the season finale.
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Emily Maynard and Jef Holm called off their engagement in 2012 after he allegedly caught her exchanging racy text messages with NFL superstar Matt Leinart. Two years later, she married longtime friend Tyler Johnson, who became a stepfather to her daughter, Ricki, with her late first husband, race car driver Ricky Hendrick. They've since welcomed five more children: daughter Magnolia Belle and sons Jennings, Gibson, Gatlin and Jones West, who arrived in August 2022. In 2016, Emily released a book, "I Said Yes: My Story of Heartbreak, Redemption, and True Love," which went on to become a New York Times bestseller.
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Desiree Hartsock starred on the ninth season of "The Bachelorette" in 2013 after Sean Lowe dumped her on season 17 of "The Bachelor." The bridal stylist got engaged to Chris Siegfried on the season finale.
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In 2013, Desiree Hartsock and Chris Siegfried released a book of poetry together, "Diamonds and Hearts — A Poetic Memoir," and two years later, they tied the knot. The Seattle-based couple welcomed son Asher in 2016 and son Zander in 2019. (They have not shared their boys' faces on social media.) In 2021, Desiree dropped another book: "The Road to Roses." In 2020 and 2021, she hosted the faith-based podcast "The Heart of Purpose," which was relaunched as the "Do You See? Podcast" in February 2023.
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Andi Dorfman — who famously walked away from Juan Pablo Galavis on season 18 of "The Bachelor" — temporarily left her job as an assistant district attorney in Atlanta to star on season 10 of "The Bachelorette" in 2014. She accepted a marriage proposal from Josh Murray on the season finale.
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Andi Dorfman and Josh Murray called it quits in 2015. The following year, she alleged in her memoir "It's Not OK: Turning Heartbreak Into Happily Ever After" that he emotionally abused her throughout their relationship. Andi, who resigned from her job as an assistant district attorney in Atlanta, released her second book, "Single State of Mind," in 2018. She got engaged to her boyfriend of less than a year, Blaine Hart, in early 2022, and the couple married in Italy in May 2023.
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JoJo Fletcher starred on the 12th season of "The Bachelorette" in 2016 after Ben Higgins chose Lauren Bushnell over her on season 20 of "The Bachelor." She got engaged to Jordan Rodgers — the estranged brother of football superstar Aaron Rodgers — on the season finale.
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JoJo Fletcher and Jordan Rodgers — who got engaged for the second time in 2019 — tied the knot in May 2022. They co-hosted the short-lived CNBC home renovation show "Cash Pad" and were set to co-host another show — the reality competition series "The Big D" — until TBS scrapped the project (along with several other shows) as a cost-cutting measure amid the Warner Bros.-Discovery merger just three weeks before it was set to debut in July 2022. The show was later picked up by USA Network and debuted in June 2023.
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After she competed for Nick Viall's heart on season 21 of "The Bachelor," attorney Rachel Lindsay headlined season 13 of "The Bachelorette" in 2017. She got engaged to chiropractor Bryan Abasolo on the season finale.
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Rachel Lindsay and Bryan Abasolo tied the knot in Cancún, Mexico, in 2019. The following year, she and Van Lathan launched their "Higher Learning" podcast, which centers around "the biggest topics in Black culture, politics and sports." She also worked as a correspondent on "Extra" in 2017 and co-hosted MTV's "Ghosted: Love Gone Missing" series from 2019 to 2021 and the Bachelor Nation podcast "Bachelor Happy Hour," which she left in 2021 over the franchise's historic and ongoing diversity issues. In January 2022, the attorney released her first book, "Miss Me With That: Hot Takes, Helpful Tidbits, and a Few Hard Truths," which she followed up with her first novel, "Real Love," in March 2023.
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Becca Kufrin starred on season 14 of "The Bachelorette" in 2018 just a few months after she accepted a marriage proposal from Arie Luyendyk Jr. on season 22 of "The Bachelor." (He dumped her as cameras rolled to reconnect with his runner-up, Lauren Burnham, whom he later married.) Becca got engaged to Garrett Yrigoyen on the finale of her season of "The Bachelorette."
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Becca Kufrin and Garrett Yrigoyen called it quits in late 2020. The following year, she fell in love with Thomas Jacobs — who briefly competed for Katie Thurston's heart on season 17 of "The Bachelorette — on season 7 of "Bachelor in Paradise." They got engaged in May 2022 after she popped the question. In April 2023, the couple revealed that they're expecting their first child together in September 2023. In mid-2023, she left the "Bachelor Happy Hour" podcast, which she'd hosted since 2019.
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After Colton Underwood dumped her on season 23 of "The Bachelor," Hannah Brown starred on season 15 of "The Bachelorette" in 2019. She accepted a marriage proposal from Jed Wyatt on the season finale.
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Hannah Brown dumped Jed Wyatt in the summer of 2019 as their season of "The Bachelorette" aired after his ex-girlfriend, Haley Stevens, told several media outlets that they were still a couple when he left to appear on the show and that he ghosted her when he returned home. The former pageant queen briefly reconnected with her runner-up, Tyler Cameron, and then enjoyed a highly publicized flirtation with him when they quarantined together amid the coronavirus pandemic — but it wasn't meant to be. In early 2021, she started publicly seeing someone new: Adam Woolard, whom she met on a dating app. In 2019, the erstwhile Miss Alabama won the 28th season of "Dancing With the Stars" with partner Alan Bersten. Two years later, she released a bombshell-filled memoir, "God Bless This Mess: Learning to Live and Love Through Life's Best (and Worst) Moments."
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Before ABC cast Clare Crawley to star on season 16 of "The Bachelorette," the hairstylist dated Juan Pablo Galavis on season 18 of "The Bachelor," competed on the first two seasons of "Bachelor in Paradise" and got engaged to Benoit Beauséjour-Savard on "The Bachelor Winter Games." She ultimately left her season of "The Bachelorette" early after she accepted a marriage proposal from Dale Moss just two weeks into their relationship.
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Clare Crawley and Dale Moss briefly split in early 2021, reconnected a few weeks later and called it quits for good that summer. But she didn't stay single for long: In late 2022, she took to Instagram to announce that she'd gotten engaged to her boyfriend of about a year, Ryan Dawkins. The couple married in February 2023. The same year, Clare — who co-owns De Facto Salon in Sacramento, California — revealed she's preparing to launch Soil Rituals, a wellness and personal care company.
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After Clare Crawley left season 16 of "The Bachelorette" early, Tayshia Adams stepped in to replace the hairstylist. She previously competed for Colton Underwood's heart on season 23 of "The Bachelor" and romanced John Paul Jones on season 6 of "Bachelor in Paradise." She got engaged to Zac Clark on the finale of her season of "The Bachelorette."
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Tayshia Adams and Zac Clark called it quits in late 2021. She returned to Bachelor Nation to co-host the 17th and 18th seasons of "The Bachelorette" with fellow former "The Bachelorette" star Kaitlyn Bristowe after Chris Harrison got the boot from the long-running franchise. She also co-hosted the "Bachelor Happy Hour" and "Click Bait with Bachelor Nation" podcasts, though she's no longer involved with either project. These days, Tayshia has been stirring up rumors that she's dating another reality star — Bravo hunk Luke Gulbranson — with whom she was first spotted in early 2023.
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Katie Thurston headlined season 17 of "The Bachelorette" in 2021 after Matt James dumped her on season 25 of "The Bachelor." She got engaged to Blake Moynes — who first romanced Clare Crawley and Tayshia Adams on the previous season of "The Bachelorette" — on the final episode of her season.
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Katie Thurston and Blake Moynes called it quits in late 2021. Less than a month later, she revealed that she was dating a different man who competed for her heart on her season of "The Bachelorette" — California-based bartender John Hersey, whom she eliminated during the second week of the competition. (Though they failed to make a connection while shooting the hit reality TV show, they became friends once the season started airing and were seen together several times that summer.) Blake publicly questioned the timeline of Katie's relationship with John and even accused them of having an emotional affair, which they both denied. Katie and John ultimately parted ways in mid-2022. She's now pursuing a career in stand-up comedy.
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Elementary school teacher Michelle Young — who competed for Matt James's heart on season 25 of "The Bachelor" — headlined the 18th season of "The Bachelorette" in 2021. She got engaged to Nayte Olukoya on the season finale.
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Michelle Young and Nayte Olukoya called it quits in mid-2022. She hasn't publicly dated anyone since then. The teacher started co-hosting the "Bachelor Happy Hour" podcast with Becca Kufrin in early 2022, though Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt replaced them in mid-2023.
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Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia first competed for Clayton Echard's heart on season 26 of "The Bachelor." They then co-headlined season 19 of "The Bachelorette."
On the season finale, which aired in September 2022, Gabby got engaged to Erich Schwer, while Rachel accepted a marriage proposal from Tino Franco, though they revealed on the "After the Final Rose" special that they called it quits as the season was airing after he kissed someone else — a woman he knew from before his time on the show — during a rough patch in their relationship.
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It wasn't meant to be for Gabby Windey and Erich Schwer: They called it quits while she was competing on season 31 of "Dancing With the Stars" in late 2022. (She and partner Val Chmerkovskiy ultimately placed second behind winners Charli D'Amelio and Mark Ballas.) In the wake of the breakup, she sparked romance rumors with one of her competitors: "Jersey Shore" star Vinny Guadagnino.
In August 2023, Gabby revealed that someone else caught her eye: comedian and TV writer Robby Hoffman. She introduced her girlfriend on Instagram the same day she came out as a member of the LGBTQ+ community on "The View."
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Rachel Recchia hasn't dated anyone publicly since her relationship with Tino Franco came to an end in late 2022, though she sparked reconciliation rumors with both her runner-up from season 19 of "The Bachelorette," Aven Jones, and with her ex, "The Bachelor" season 26 lead Clayton Echard.
In March 2023, she made headlines when she opened up about undergoing breast reduction surgery after a decade of struggling with physical pain and discomfort.
Since late 2022, she's lived in Los Angeles with roomie Genevieve Parisi, who also appeared on season 26 of "The Bachelor."
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