Demi
Burnett
(1.3 million followers)
Season: The
Bachelor season
23, Bachelor
in Paradise
season 6
What happened
after: While on
Paradise, Burnett
became one-half
of the first-ever
same-sex
couple in Bach
franchise history.
What’s
happening now:
Partnerships with
Shein and ImPress
Manicure,
among others.
Real talk: “We’re
all there for the
opportunity and
exposure and
fame, maybe a
new career....I
didn’t really take
it that seriously.”What life
is
likeafter you’ve been
on The Bachelor
By SAM FEHER We ponder the serious questions here
at Cosmo—like how statistically likely to
become an influencer is a Bachelor
contestant if they get kicked off after the
first ep? Behold, the 10 exclusive interviews
we conducted in order to find out.Adrianne
“Jane”
Averbukh
(5,065 followers*)
Season: The
Bachelor season
23 (Colton
Underwood),
Bachelor in
Paradise season 6
What happened
after: Basically
nothing. “I’m the
only girl from
my season who’s
not recognized.”
What’s happening
now: Still a social
worker—the
same job she had
before playing the
fame game.
Real talk: “I think
even Reality Steve
mentioned me,
like, ‘I can’t find
the last girl; I
can’t find her on
Instagram,’ and he
was, like, pissed.”Alex Dillon
(8,135 followers)
Season: The
Bachelor season 23
What happened
after: 15 minutes
of fame. Almost
literally.
What’s happening
now: Back to her
9-to-5 IT job!
Real talk: “I
wouldn’t even
entertain any
people who were
looking to date
me for superficial
reasons or for
anything that would
enhance them or
their career.”Elyse
Dehlbom
(186,000 followers)
Season:
The Bachelor
season 23
What happened
after: Marriage
proposals (in her
Insta DMs, obvs,
because dudes
are romantic
nowadays).
What’s happening
now: She has
worked with
typical reality-
star brands like
Riviera Shades
and Match.com
but has shifted
the focus of
her career as a
makeup artist
toward educating
new MUAs.
So pure.
Real talk: “If I
was concerned
about having
more followers, I
wouldn’t have left
the show.”Hello! My name
i s J a n e, b u t
you can call me
Good-bye.MADE^ IT^ TO^
A
GROUP DATEELIMINATED
NIGHT^ ONE
(OUCH)*as of press timeceleb
16 Cosmopolitan November 2019
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,^ AVE
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UKH,
DILLON,
DEHL
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UNDE
RWOOD:^ABC.