Desiree Hartsock
| The Bachelorette (season 9) | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | May 27 – August 5, 2013 |
| Season chronology | |
The ninth season of The Bachelorette premiered on May 27, 2013. This season features 27-year-old Desiree Hartsock, a bridal stylist from Colorado. The show ran for a total of twelve episodes, with Hartsock going on dates with a total of 25 men, all aged 26–34. Episodes included date activities such as dodgeball, dancing on the side of a building with harnesses, and a helicopter ride to meet victims of Hurricane Sandy. The final episode aired on August 5, 2013, with Hartsock getting engaged to her final man standing, Chris Siegfried. On January 18, 2015, the two were married in Southern California.
Casting began during the airing of the eighth season of the show, in 2012. Before the bachelorette was chosen, one potential candidate, Misee Harris, a pediatric dentist from Tennessee, was vying to become the first black bachelorette. Her social media campaign was covered in a number of major news outlets, including The Huffington Post. According to the website Jezebel, Harris had previously been selected to be a contestant on The Bachelor, only to not take the role for fear of being the 'token' black woman. At that point every star in all 25 combined seasons of The Bachelorette or The Bachelor had been Caucasian, with show producer Mike Fleiss stating to the media that non-caucasians simply didn't appear at the casting calls. Announced late in 2012, the selected bachelorette was Desiree Hartsock, then 27, a bridal stylist from Northglenn, Colorado. Like the bachelorettes in the previous seasons, Hartsock had been a contestant on The Bachelor, having been sent home by Sean Lowe after the hometown dates episode in season 17. Misee Harris went on to work as a model and entrepreneur, founding a line of mouthguards and starting Project Smile, an organization that "focuses on promoting self-esteem in children." A contestant from season 9, soccer player Juan Pablo Galavis, became the first non-Anglo star for the combined franchises the following year, appearing in season 18 of The Bachelor.
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