The Bachelor is monumental in more ways than one. Not only did Warner Bros. cast its first Black male lead in the show’s 18-year history, but the group vying for his heart is the most diverse pool of women yet.
Abigail Heringer made history on Monday night as the franchise’s first deaf contestant and the 25-year-old from Salem, Ore., didn’t have a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it appearance. The financial analyst got quality airtime; she revealed during the Season 25 premiere she “was born completely deaf.”
“So, there’s something a little bit different about me,” she told James during their first meeting. “And that is I’m deaf. So I’m going to be reading your lips a lot tonight, but thankfully you have really beautiful lips. So I’m not complaining!”
Abigail Heringer, a 25-year-old client financial manager from Oregon, is one of 32 women competing for Matt James, 29. She was born deaf and got a cochlear implant at age two.
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