‘The Bachelor’ 2017 Nick Viall Begins His Journey For Love: Reality Steve Reveals Four Contestants

The new Bachelor, Nick Viall, only had less than a month to prepare for his new role before Season 21 was set to start filming. Viall shocked Bachelor fans when he was announced for the job over Luke Pell. This will be Nick’s fourth try at finding a lasting relationship on the franchise, and Viall is hoping it will be the last.

Fans have been waiting for the big announcement that Nick’s journey as The Bachelor has finally begun filming. Well, the wait is over! Bachelor creator Mike Fleiss took to Twitter yesterday to reveal Nick Viall’s journey has officially begun, and Nick was finally getting to meet the women all trying to win his heart. While Fleiss never really gives too much away, fans can count on him to give them regular updates or hints on how Nick’s season is playing out. It definitely allows viewers to get even more excited about seeing Viall’s season air in January. While JoJo Fletcher’s season of The Bachelorette was filming, Fleiss even tweeted a few behind-the-scenes photos of her, so hopefully the same will be true for Nick.

The journey has begun!!!#TheBachelor pic.twitter.com/8bZJlB7uVo

— Mike Fleiss (@fleissmeister) September 25, 2016

Nick’s official cast list of The Bachelor 2017 will not be released until closer to the premiere, but die-hard fans can follow Reality Steve‘s social media and blog to learn who the women are on Viall’s season. While Steve has not revealed very many of the ladies who will be dating Nick, he has shared a few. Reality Steve says he knows of eleven women appearing on Nick’s season of the Bachelor, but for now, he took to his blog to share four of the ladies Viall met last night. It won’t be long before Steve knows and shares all the ladies names appearing with Nick this season. There are usually 25 or more, and Steve thinks at least one former contestant will make an appearance to date Nick.

I'll be posting 4 of Nick's girls within the next hour. Finishing up their profiles now.

— RealitySteve (@RealitySteve) September 22, 2016

Steve shared he had no particular reason for releasing these first four women’s names and profiles. He simply picked four of the eleven who will date Nick and went with it. The rest will be revealed soon. The first woman Steve shared that will be meeting Viall is 25-year-old Lacey Mark. She is from New York and is working as the Associate Manager of Community and Content at Bliss Cosmetics.

The second lady competing on Nick’s season is Leila Pari. She is currently residing in Los Angeles working as a model and singer/songwriter. Reality Steve shared a photo of Leila’s Instagram page, which pretty much confirmed she joined the Bachelor. The caption on the photo basically said she was excited to start “the adventure of a lifetime” and see where it leads. She shared that she would be turning her phone off and deactivating all social media accounts. Fans can keep watching social media to see if she made an impression on Nick.

The third lucky woman appearing on Nick’s season is Kristina Schulman. The 24-year-old was reportedly adopted from Russia at a young age. She is from Lexington, Kentucky, and working as a dental hygienist. Reality Steve shared several photos of Kristina on his blog from social media which has since all been deactivated or set to private since she jetted off to meet Viall.

The fourth and final woman Steve shared with fans is Elizabeth Whitelaw. She graduated from the University of Illinois in 2014 with her degree being in psychology. Elizabeth is from Chicago, but she now lives in Dallas, Texas, working as an associate marketing manager for Robin Technologies. Fans can remember that Nick also lived in Chicago at one time. Elizabeth’s social media accounts have also been deactivated as she tries to win over Bachelor Nick.

Before Nick started his journey, People shared some thoughts Viall had about his fourth appearance on the show. While fans refer to Nick as the runner-up, Viall shares he is happy with how the other season’s turned out. Nick had his heart broken by Andi Dorfman and Kaitlyn Bristowe, but in the end, Viall is grateful they made the decisions they did. Nick said, “A lot of people have relationships that don’t work out! Mine just happen to be on television.”

Nick also addressed his critics in the interview. Viall said people meet in different ways and that even though he is meeting women on television that it does not make him any less genuine. Viall is hoping some negative opinions will change about him throughout his journey. Nick says he has grown a lot from his past experiences. Viall shared that he knows himself a lot better and is a better communicator.

As previously reported by the Inquisitr, Nick has shared some qualities he is looking for, as well as, a few big pet peeves. Nick has said he wants a confident woman and that sometimes it is hard to figure out who is being genuine about that. Viall also said one of his biggest turn offs is baby talk. So ladies looking to win Nick over, avoid the baby talk! Nick, like everyone else, is simply looking for someone to share his life with. Viall’s journey as The Bachelor has begun, but fans will have to wait until the season airs in early January on ABC to see if Nick Viall has the happy ending he wants and very much deserves.

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