An insurance agent named Lacey Garbelman was included in ABC's initial list of bachelorettes who pursued the final rose on season 15 of The Bachelor. Season 15 of the reality show started on January 3, 2011. The bachelorette, a 27-year-old at the time of filming, is from Tampa, Florida and is a 2001 graduate of East Bay High School in Gibsonton, Florida.http://abc.go.com/shows/the-bachelor/bachelorette-announcement/ThemeGallery/647737 http://www2.tbo.com/content/2011/jan/05/MENEWSO2-tampa-woman-exits-early-on-bachelor/

When interviewed by ABC, Lacey Garbelman revealed her favorite author to be Ernest Hemingway, her desire to be the Queen of England for a day, and her greatest achievement as being part of an organization responsible for raising more than $150,000 for breast cancer.http://starcasm.net/archives/77164/lacey_bachelor_2011_full Lacey joined 29 other contestants on the show, competing for the chance to win the heart of the season's bachelor, Brad Womack. She was eliminated from the competition in the first episode.http://www2.tbo.com/content/2011/jan/05/MENEWSO2-tampa-woman-exits-early-on-bachelor/

Returning bachelor Brad Womack met Lacey Garbelman, along with the other contestants, at a meet and greet session shown in the first episode of the show. ABC films the show ahead of time and airs it week by week with portions of the bachelorettes going home each week. The ladies, vying to win the final rose of The Bachelor, look for ways to impress Womack and stand out in his mind.http://abc.go.com/shows/the-bachelor/about-the-show

During the first show, Brad Womack gave a first-impression rose and nineteen other roses allowing twenty contestants to continue to the next week of the competition. Ten girls, including Lacey Garbelman, were sent home after the first show. Although the show's website says 25 contestants compete each season, the season 15 bachelorettes named included thirty candidates instead.http://abc.go.com/shows/the-bachelor/about-the-show

Throughout the season, individual dates, group dates, and trips to hometowns occur all leading up to the final event when the bachelor chooses between the remaining girls. Following the final rose ceremony, ABC televises a show called "After the Final Rose," allowing fans and the eliminated girls to catch up on what has been going on with the bachelor and his selected bachelorette.http://blog.zap2it.com/ithappenedlastnight/2010/03/the-bachelor-after-the-final-rose-jake-and-vienna-are-engaged-still-together.html

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1. Alli Travis
2. Ashley Hebert
3. Ashley Spivey
4. Britt Billmaier
5. Britnee
6. Chantal O'Brien
7. Cristy
8. Emily Maynard
9. Jackie Gordon
10. Jessica
11. Jill Ruskowsky
12. Keltie Colleen
13. Kim Coon
14. Lauren
15. Lindsay Hill
16. Lisa Morrisey
17. Lisa P.
18. Madison Garton
19. Marissa May
20. Meghan Merritt
21. Melissa Schreiber
22. Michelle Money
23. Raichel Goodyear
24. Rebecca
25. Renee Halpin
26. Sarah L.
27. Sarah Powell
28. Shawntel Newton
29. Stacey Queripel