The Bachelor, Season 1: Amanda Marsh and Alex Michael
The original Bachelor chose Marsh at the end of the first season, but he didn’t propose. They announced their breakup in early 2003.
The Bachelor: Where Are They Now?
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Where Are They Now?: Amanda Marsh and Alex Michael
Though married to childhood friend Jay Caldwell and mom to Chloe, 2, the Kansas nurse, 33, still talks to her ex, 41. "I still keep in touch with Alex a couple times a year. We call for birthdays and stuff."
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The Bachelor, Season 2: Aaron Buerge and Helene Eksterowicz
She was the first contestant to receive -- and accept -- a proposal on the show, however their relationship ended five weeks after the season finale aired in 2002.
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Where Are They Now?: Aaron Buerge and Helene Eksterowicz
"I'm a boring family man, jokes Burge, 37, who's raising Aven, 2, and stepdaughter Emalye, 18, with his wife of two years Angyne in Springfield, Montana. Eksterowicz, 37, has moved on too. "I'm with a great guy," she says the New Jersey-based school psychologist of her boyfriend Andrew.
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The Bachelor, Season 3: Andrew Firestone and Jen Schefft
Firestone proposed to Schefft in 2003, but they broke up after a few months. She was then chosen to be the third Bachelorette.
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Where Are They Now?: Andrew Firestone and Jen Schefft
"Life is good," says the San Francisco tire heir, 36, who's raising Brooks, 2, and Anja, 11 months, with his wife actress Ivana Bozilovic, 34. His former flame, 35, wed businessman Joe Waterman in 2009 and is expecting the couple's second child. "I've very excited," the stay-at-home mom tells Us.
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The Bachelor, Season 4: Bob Guiney and Estella Gardinier
After being rejected by Trista Rehn (she married firefighter Ryan Sutter) on the first season of The Bachelorette, Guiney gave Gardinier a promise ring in 2003. They broke up shortly after the show aired.
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Where Are They Now?: Bob Guiney and Estella Gardinier
Since his six-year marriage to soap star Rebecca Budig ended in 2010, the HGTV host and Band From TV member, 40, keeps his love life private. "I'm seeing someone. That's all I'm going to say!" he told Us. As for Gardinier? The San Diego sales rep, 36, tells Us, "I'm dating." The former couple still occasionally text and tweet each other.
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The Bachelorette, Season 5: Ed Swiderski and Jillian Harris
"Ed is the person I'm meant to be with," Harris said moments before Swiderski arrived at the final rose ceremony and proposed to her.
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Where Are They Now?: Ed Swiderski and Jillian Harris
Harris, 31, split with cheater Swiderski in 2010 and is now focused on her career. "I can control that!" says the Calgary, Alberta-based interior designer, who's in talks to host Canadian Bachelor. A source says her ex, 32, may do Bachelor Pad this summer.
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The Bachelor, Season 6: Mary Delgado and Byron Velick
In 2004 Velvick proposed to Delgado and the two were together for five years.
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Where Are They Now?: Mary Delgado and Byron Velick
After a rocky relationship with the pro fisherman, "I'm single and happy," says the Tampa resident, 44, who started the Mary Delgado Health and Fitness Channel on YouTube.
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The Bachelor, Season 13: Jason Mesnick and Melissa Rycroft Strickland
Mesnick chose Rycroft over Molly Malaney, but changed his mind and dumped Rycroft on TV.
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Where Are They Now?: Jason Mesnick and Melissa Rycroft Strickland
Mesnick, 35, married runner-up Malaney, 28, in 2010. They live in Seattle with this son, Ty, 7. She re-launched her website, Reality Through My Eyes. Rycroft Strickland, 29, bounced back by marrying in 2009 and welcoming a baby girl last year.
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