Brooke Blurton (born 1 January 1995) is an Australian youth worker and media personality. She is best known for being a participant in the reality television franchise '' The Bachelor'', where she was a contestant on the sixth Australian season of '' The Bachelor'' and second Australian season of '' Bachelor in Paradise'', and the franchise's first

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and

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lead during the seventh Australian season of the '' The Bachelorette''.

Early life

Blurton is a

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- Yamatji woman who was born and raised in

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. She was born on 1 January 1995 to an Aboriginal Malaysian mother and an English father. Blurton's mother and grandmother both died when she was 11 years old. Blurton subsequently spent time in foster care, before living with her father during adolescence. Blurton

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as bisexual to her family when she was 19.

Career

''The Bachelor''

Blurton first appeared on television in 2018, where she was one of 28 contestants on season 6 of ''

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'' competing to win the heart of former professional rugby player

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. Blurton quit the competition in the fifteenth episode, finishing in third place. In 2019, Blurton appeared on

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of ''

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''. In 2021, Blurton was announced as the lead for season 7 of ''

The Bachelorette Australia ''The Bachelorette Australia'' is a reality television adaptation of the U.S. series of the same name, and a spin-off of ''The Bachelor Australia''. The series, hosted by Osher Günsberg, premiered on 23 September 2015 on Network 10. It was a ...

''. Blurton is the first

and

lead in ''The Bachelor'' franchise, and the season was the first to feature both male and female contestants.

Other ventures

Since July 2022, Brooke has co-hosted the ''Not So PG'' podcast with actor Matty Mills, which focuses on their experiences as members of the Indigenous and the

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communities. In October 2022, Blurton's memoir, ''Big Love: Reclaiming myself, my people, my country'', was published. In 2022, Blurton was a contestant on the reality competition series '' The Challenge: Australia''.

Personal life

Blurton advocates for the abolition of

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, stating: "It is a constant reminder of pain, a constant reminder of history, segregation, exclusion and brutality. How is that a celebration?"

References

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