Bachelor Women

Posted Sep 25, 2006 by Walt Belcher

Updated Sep 25, 2006 at 01:45 PM

  On the next round of ABC’s “The Bachelor” the single guy is a Prince.

  Prince Lorenzo Borghese will begin searching for love or something like it on the ninth edition “The Bachelor: Rome,” that will debut with a two-hour special, MONDAY, OCTOBER 2 at 9 p.m.

  Lorenzo is a 34-year-old cosmetics entrepreneur whose family background reaches back to the 1600s in Rome.

  Segments will take place at Roman sites such as the historic Forum, Colosseum and Pantheon, the romantic Trevi Fountain and the lush Villa Borghese, the largest park in Rome, which bears his family’s name.

  In the premiere episode, at a castlle the Prince’s cocktail party is interrupted when two stunning Italian women who crash the party and quickly plot to steal Lorenzo’s heart and attention.

    The 25 jealous and already competitive American ladies step up their game to pull Lorenzo back into their fold, but the Italian beauties don’t give up. The tug-of-war over Prince Borghese continues through the evening.

Lorenzo must eliminate 15 of the 27 women (the 25 original women plus the two Italian newcomers), leaving 12 eligible to become Princess Borghese. It’s “arrivederci Roma” for over half the ladies.

The 25 American women are:

April, 23, model, who currently resides in Chicago, IL
Andrea, 28, hotel concierge, who currently resides in Cincinnati, OH
Brit, 28, beer chemist, who currently resides in Columbus, OH
Carissa, 25, attorney, who currently resides in Morristown, NJ
Claudia, 22, restaurateur, who currently resides in Boca Raton, FL
Desiree, 22, realtor, who currently resides in Salt Lake City, UT
Ellen, 30, realtor, who currently resides in New Haven, CT
Elyse, 27, physician, who currently resides in New York, NY
Erica, 23, socialite, who currently resides in Houston, TX
Gina, 28, ultrasound technician, who currently resides in Chicago, IL
Heather, 34, registered nurse, who currently resides in Aliquippa, PA
Jami, 27, event planner, who currently resides in Galveston, TX
Jeanette, 23, teacher, who currently resides in Bloomingdale, IL
Jennifer, 24, teacher, who currently resides in Pembroke Pines, FL
Jessica, 25, assistant buyer, who currently resides in Charlotte, NC
Kim, 27, interior designer, who currently resides in Long Beach, CA
Laura, 29, dolphin trainer, who currently resides in San Diego, CA
Lisa, 25, marketing manager, who currently resides in Portland, OR
Meri, 27, attorney, who currently resides in Biloxi, MI
Renee, 30, broadcast marketer, who currently resides in Baltimore, MD
Rita, 29, policy advisor, who currently resides in Richmond, VA
Rosella, 27, make-up artist, who currently resides in Chicago, IL
Sadie, 23, publicist, who currently resides in Carlsbad, CA
Sarah, 30, journalist, who currently resides in Nelson, British Columbia
Tara, 24, realtor, who currently resides in St. Augustine, FL

The identity of the two Italian beauties will remain a mystery to be uncovered on the premiere episode.