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Shayne Dahl Lamas (born November 6, 1985) is an American reality television personality and actress. She is known as the winner of the twelfth season of '' The Bachelor''.


Early life

Shayne Lamas was born in
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, the daughter of
Lorenzo Lamas Lorenzo Fernando Lamas (born January 20, 1958) is an American actor. He is widely known for his role of Lance Cumson, the irresponsible grandson of Angela Channing—played by Jane Wyman—in the soap opera ''Falcon Crest'' (1981–1990), for ...
and Michele Smith. Her brother is actor
AJ Lamas Alvaro Joshua Lamas (born December 19, 1983) is an American actor. Career Lamas is best known for his role as Rafael Ortega on ''As the World Turns'', Simon McCrae on ''Gigantic (TV series), Gigantic'', and as Cisco Gonzalez on ''American Family ...
. Her grandparents were
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actor
Fernando Lamas Fernando Álvaro Lamas y de Santos (January 9, 1915 – October 8, 1982) was an Argentine-American actor and director, and the father of actor Lorenzo Lamas. Biography Argentina Fernando Álvaro Lamas y de Santos was born in Buenos Aires, Arg ...
and American actress
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.


Career

Lamas won season 12 of
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's '' The Bachelor'', with
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, who proposed to her on the season finale. Lamas has been in ''
Leave it to Lamas ''Leave It to Lamas'' is an American reality series broadcast on the E! cable television network that aired in 2009 starring Lorenzo Lamas and his family. Synopsis The show documents the lives of Lorenzo Lamas, his ex-wife Michele Smith, their ...
'', ''
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'', '' Air America'', '' The 13th Alley'' and ''
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''.


Personal life

Lamas was engaged to British bachelor Matt Grant after winning ABC's ''The Bachelor'' season 12. Grant proposed to Lamas in the show's season finale. In July 2008, amid rumors of a split, Lamas and Matt Grant announced they were no longer engaged. "We tried hard to make it work but we realized that we were both heading in different directions," the duo said in a statement. "We truly care about each other and will remain close friends." Lamas went on to marry
Nik Richie Nik Lamas-Richie (born Hooman Abedi Karamian, February 12, 1979), is an American blogger, author, and Internet personality. Richie is best known as the founder of controversial gossip website TheDirty.com. Early life Richie was born in Hackensack ...
eight hours after meeting in Las Vegas’ in
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in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 18, 2010. Lamas gave birth to their daughter Press Dahl Lamas-Richie on November 11, 2011. Lamas second child, a son named Lyon Lamas-Richie was born via surrogate. On May 10, 2021, Shayne and Nik announced, via Instagram, that after 11 years of marriage they were getting a divorce.


Filmography

* 1999: ''Air America'' as Flight attendant (1 episode) * 2003–2005: ''
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'' as Emily and Young Caroline Benson (flashbacks) * 2006: ''Monster Night'' as Poker babe #1 * 2008: '' The Bachelor: London Calling'' as herself (contestant) * 2008: '' The 13th Alley'' as Ashley * 2009: ''Deep in the Valley'' as Candi * 2009: ''
Leave it to Lamas ''Leave It to Lamas'' is an American reality series broadcast on the E! cable television network that aired in 2009 starring Lorenzo Lamas and his family. Synopsis The show documents the lives of Lorenzo Lamas, his ex-wife Michele Smith, their ...
'' as Herself (all episodes, main cast) * 2010: ''
In The Pines "In the Pines", also known as "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?", "My Girl" and "Black Girl", is a traditional American folk song originating from two songs, "In the Pines" and "The Longest Train", both of whose authorship is unknown and date back ...
'' as Maggie * 2012: ''Couples Therapy'' as herself


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lamas, Shayne 1985 births Living people People from Santa Monica, California Reality show winners American television actresses Actresses from Los Angeles County, California Bachelor Nation contestants American people of Argentine descent American people of Norwegian descent 21st-century American women