Bachelor nation got two admiring Latina Bachelorettes this season

Other winners included Natalia Lafourcade for Album of the year at the Latin Grammy’s and Karol G who took two wins at Billboard’s Latin Music Awards and one at the AMAs. This year was huge for Latin representation in the industry and included a whole lot of GIRL POWER 💪🏽

It wasn’t until season 18 of “The Bachelor” that we got our first Latino lead: Juan Pablo, followed by Peter Weber earlier this year. There’s also few notable Latino contestants, like Bryan Abasolo, who got the final rose in season 13 of “The Bachelorette.”

But in March, the franchise got its first Latina lead when Clare Crawley was announced as the bachelorette for season 16. Clare is proud of her Mexican heritage, but her journey was also historic for another reason…

Four episodes into the season (less than two weeks), she decided to quit the show and get engaged to contestant Dale Moss 😱

Producers quickly ramped up casting to give us a new lead: Tayshia Adams 🌹 

Tayshia is the first ever mid-season replacement, and first Afro Latina bachelorette 👏  “Not only am I African American, but I am Mexican, and I’m going to have an opportunity to have a platform to relate to so many women,” she said.

Fans of the show are used to drama, but this season takes the… rose 🌹 Luckily, ‘Bachelor Nation’ is adjusting quickly and already loving Tayshia’s fun attitude. This proves that Latinas can not only carry a national franchise, but mix things up like never before 📺