Juan Pablo Galavis Guinand (; born August 5, 1981) is an American-born

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television personality and former professional

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player. In 2013, he was chosen as the first

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star of the ABC-TV

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'' The Bachelor'' after 17 editions.

Early life and football career

Galavis was born in

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, to Venezuelan parents Saul Galavis and Nelly Guinand and is the second of three siblings, he moved with his family to

Barquisimeto Barquisimeto (; guc, Watkisimeeta) is a city in Venezuela. It is the capital of the state of Lara and head of Iribarren Municipality. It is an important urban, industrial, commercial and transportation center of the country, recognized as the f ...

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, when he was 2 years old. He returned to the

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to play soccer at

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, where as of 2006 he was tied with two others for that team's third-highest number of assists (25). After several seasons playing in the Primera División Venezolana with Dep. Italchacao, Monagas SC,

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and Guaros FC, he joined

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in February 2008.

Entertainment career

He left football after his 2008 season with Miami and began his career in the music business with promotional work in the Miami bar and club scene. Around this time, he also began working with Venezuelan musician/songwriters Frank Santofimio and Mario Donoso. They began promoting Venezuelan duet

Chino y Nacho Chino & Nacho is a Venezuelan pop duo, consisting of Jesús Alberto Miranda Pérez (Chino) (born November 15, 1984) and Miguel Ignacio Mendoza Donatti (Nacho) (born August 22, 1983). In 2010, the group won a Latin Grammy for Best Urban Album fo ...

. Galavis began filming television commercials and had a short stint working as a television presenter for a Miami-based sports show, Mega TV's ''Mega News''. Galavís appeared as a contestant on the

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reality-television dating competition ''

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'' in May 2013, but was eliminated midway in the season. On August 5, 2013, ABC announced he would star in season 18 of '' The Bachelor'', scheduled to premiere in January 2014. As a Latino, he was the first person from an ethnic minority to be chosen as bachelor after 17 previous editions. After receiving a call from Daniel Morales in March 2016 and listened to his music, Galavis created a strategy to relaunch the artist, change his name, took down all his songs from the platforms and helped with the A&R and marketing. On Spe 16, 2016, Galavis released the song "Me Rehuso" and the English version "Baby I Won't", where "Me Rehuso" became one of the biggest hits of 2017. The art cover music video has over 1B views, being one of the most viewed videos with only a cover art. The song made a huge impact and helped Galavis and Daniel Morales known as Danny Ocean, sign a multi million record deal with Warner Music Latin and Atlantic Records. Also Juan Pablo helped Daniel close a deal with SonyATV on the publishing side. Currently Juan Pablo Galavis is developing different artists, producers and writers with RedWine Management and created a sports division, RedWine Sports, where he represents soccer players.

Personal life

Galavis and his former girlfriend, Venezuelan actress Carla Rodríguez, have a daughter, born on February 14, 2009. He chose Nikki Ferrell on season 18 of '' The Bachelor,'' but the two ended their relationship in October 2014. In 2016, he began dating Venezuelan model and TV host

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. On August 7, 2017, it was announced that the two had married. In 2019, they divorced.

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