A Yuba City High School graduate is one of 25 women appearing on the upcoming season of “The Bachelor.”
Monica Spannauer, 33, is now a dental hygienist in Salt Lake City and describes herself on the show’s website as a “total hopeless romantic.”
Due to confidentiality agreements, she was unable to talk about the show, but Yuba City resident Rachel Ekbert said it was not a surprise her outgoing and charismatic sister-in-law would try her charms on reality romance TV.
“The guy would have to be an idiot not to fall head-over-heels in love with Monica, because everyone does when they meet her,” Ekbert said.
Spannauer, who graduated from Yuba City High School in 1996, attended Yuba College and then dental hygienist school in Las Vegas. she now lives in Utah but returns to Yuba City at least once a year to visit her family who all still live in the area.
“Monica has the biggest heart. she is the funniest person to be around and very warm and caring,” Ekbert said. “I can’t tell you one person who doesn’t think she’s the best.”
Spannauer is also a great aunt to her nieces and nephews, including Ekbert’s daughter who they call “Monica Junior.”
Ekbert has never watched the show but says she’ll be tuning in to Season 16, which premieres on ABC on Jan. 2.
The premise is a single bachelor starts dating 25 women, eliminating them usually one-by-one with a rose at the end of an episode. in many cases, the show concludes with a wedding propo al.
On Spannauer’s online show biography, she says San Antonio is the most romantic city, St. Patrick’s Day is her favorite holiday and that if stranded on a desert island, she would bring lip gloss, piña coladas and the love of her life.
This is not the first reality TV show on which Yuba-Sutter natives have appeared. Fashion Designer Leanne Marshall who won Season 5 of Project Runway in 2008 grew up in Yuba City and graduated from Sutter High School before attending The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandise and landing a job in the fashion industry.
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