Clare Dawkins ( Crawley) (born March 20, 1981)
is an American television personality, best known for her role as the runner-up on the
18th season of
ABC
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's ''
The Bachelor'' and as the lead of the
16th season of ''
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Film and television
* ''The Bachelorette'', a reality television dating show part of ''The Bachelor'' franchise with numerous versions:
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''. She also appeared on seasons
1 and
2 of ''
Bachelor in Paradise'', and on ''
Bachelor Winter Games''.
Early life
Crawley was born in
Sacramento, California
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and is the youngest of six sisters. She is of
Mexican descent on her mother's side. Her father died from brain cancer in 2004. Crawley also completed hairstylist training while growing up in Sacramento, California.
Television career
''The Bachelor''
Crawley first appeared as a contestant on
Juan Pablo Galavis
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's season of ''
The Bachelor'', where she made it to the final two but was rejected in favor of fellow contestant Nikki Ferrell. During her time on ''The Bachelor'', she and Galavis went out at night to swim in the ocean together, which Galavis later called a mistake as he did not want to set a bad example for his daughter. After Galavis rejected her, Crawley called him out for the inappropriate language he used regarding their time together, which was met with widespread praise by viewers.
''Bachelor in Paradise''
After The Bachelor, Crawley appeared on the first two seasons of ''
Bachelor in Paradise''; however, she was unsuccessful in finding love and left voluntarily on both seasons.
''Bachelor Winter Games''
Crawley returned for
The Bachelor Winter Games
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, where she was involved in a love triangle with Christian Rauch and Benoit Beauséjour-Savard. Although Crawley left alone, the reunion special on February 22, 2018, revealed she and Beauséjour-Savard had gotten back together offscreen. Beauséjour-Savard proposed to Crawley on stage, and she accepted. On April 6, 2018, the couple revealed they had broken up.
''The Bachelorette''
Crawley was announced as The Bachelorette on March 2, 2020, on ''
Good Morning America''. This appearance makes her the oldest Bachelorette in the show's history, taking over from
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who was 32 on her season.
Personal life
Outside of her work on television, Crawley is a hairstylist at De Facto Salon in
Sacramento, California
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. She got engaged to
Dale Moss
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during the
16th season of ''
The Bachelorette A bachelorette is an unmarried woman. Bachelorette may also refer to:
Film and television
* ''The Bachelorette'', a reality television dating show part of ''The Bachelor'' franchise with numerous versions:
** ''The Bachelorette'' (American TV ser ...
''. They announced their breakup on January 19, 2021, but reunited a month later. They broke up for good in September 2021. On October 10, 2022, it was reported that Crawley got engaged to Ryan Dawkins, her boyfriend of 1 year, over the weekend in
Las Vegas
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.
They married on February 1, 2023, in
Sacramento
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.
References
External links
Clare Crawley Website
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Living people
Mass media people from Sacramento, California
Bachelor Nation contestants
1981 births
American people of Mexican descent
Television personalities from California
American women television personalities
Hispanic and Latino American people in television