The Bachelor: Officer and a Gentleman is the tenth season of ABC reality television series The Bachelor. The show was filmed in Los Angeles, Hawaii, and Pennsylvania, and premiered on April 2, 2007. This season features the first US Navy Officer, 30-year-old Andy Baldwin from Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
The season concluded on May 21, 2007, Baldwin choosing to propose to 26-year-old social worker Tessa Horst. Horst became the first winner of Asian descent in the Bachelor franchise. The couple soon ended their engagement and briefly resumed dating, but finally broke up for good later that year.
Contestants The following is the list of bachelorettes for this season: NameAgeHometownOccupationOutcomeTessa Horst26Social WorkerWinner28Palo Alto, CaliforniaAssistantWeek 8Danielle Imwalle25Bethel, ConnecticutGraphic DesignerWeek 7Amber Alchalabi23Sugar Land, TexasTeacherWeek 6Stephanie Wilhite23Overland Park, KansasProject ManagerWeek 5Tina Wu26Lenox Hill, New YorkMedical studentKate Brockhouse24Ravenel, South CarolinaBoutique ownerWeek 4Nicole Clary26Charleston, South CarolinaSales ManagerStephanie Tipper27Folly Beach, South CarolinaAmanda Hackney26Dallas, TexasFinancial analystWeek 3Erin Parker24Logansport, LouisianaFinancial analystPeyton Wright24Kingsport, TennesseeSorority recruiterAlexis Young26Southlake, TexasAttorneyWeek 2Susan Anderson23The Woodlands, TexasBoutique managerTiffany Warren28Boston, MassachusettsMedical equipment sales repBlakeney Rowe29Birmingham, AlabamaRadio salesWeek 1Candice DeCost23Hilton Head Island, South CarolinaWaitressCatherine Warren23Lake Forest, IllinoisFormer Miss IllinoisDanielle Vallis26The Bronx, New YorkAttorneyJacqueline "Jackie" Topelli23Minneapolis, MinnesotaExecutive coordinatorJeanette Alvarez27Tampa, FloridaHealth care managerJessica Devallo32New York, New YorkHedge fund analystLinda Malek33Cuyahoga Falls, OhioAttorneyLindsay Smith22Lawrence, KansasStudentTiffany Forester27St. Louis Park, MinnesotaReal estate sales/development
Future appearances Bachelor Pad Peyton Wright returned to compete for the first season of Bachelor Pad. She and her partner Jesse Beck were eliminated in week 5, finishing in 7th/8th.
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The contestant received the first impression rose. The contestant was eliminated at the rose ceremony. The contestant received a rose on a date. The contestant was eliminated on a date. The contestant won the competition.
Episodes
About the winner Tessa Horst grew up in Washington, D.C., where she graduated from Georgetown Day School in 1999 and Middlebury College in 2003. She received her MS degree in social work from Columbia University.Tessa - SideReel Prior to entering graduate studies, Horst lived in Jackson Hole, Wyoming in 2004, where she was employed at the famous Silver Dollar Bar of The Wort Hotel.Casper Star-Tribune Online - Wyoming At the time she competed on The Bachelor, she was employed as a social worker living in San Francisco.Abandoned bachelorette Peyton Wright talks about 'The Bachelor' - Reality TV World - News, information, episode summaries, message boards, chat and games for unscripted television programs
Three months after the finale, Horst and Baldwin called off the engagement.'Bachelor' couple Andy Baldwin, Tessa Horst break off engagement - Reality TV World - News, information, episode summaries, message boards, chat and games for unscripted television programs
References
External links ABC Official site of The Bachelor: Officer and a Gentleman