27-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
‘Bachelor' winner Juliana Pasquarosa can't wait to bring fiance to family dinners in Newton
Not every season of 'The Bachelor' ends with a proposal, and only a handful of couples who found each other on the reality show are still together,
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Host Jesse Palmer with Grant Ellis and Juliana Pasquarosa on 'The Bachelor" live interview segment "After the Final Rose."
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Pasquarosa, 28, is the first Massachusetts woman to win the show, according to
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California has had the most winners of past seasons, with five women getting a Bachelor's final rose. Florida has had three past winners, and two winners were from Canada. Notably, season 11's Bachelor, Brad Womack, did not select a winner,
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Pasquarosa, a client service associate, grew up in a large Italian family in Newton,
Grant Ellis and Juliana Pasquarosa on 'The Bachelor.'
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Ellis is from Newark, N.J., and was a
On 'The Bachelor,' Pasquarosa's Italian American heritage shone through when she offered Ellis a cannoli to break the ice on an early episode. In interviews with ABC since Monday's announcement, Ellis said he's become more of an Italian food lover than ever since starting a relationship with his fiancé.
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Pasquarosa told the ABC podcast she's thrilled for many Sunday Pasquarosa family meals in Newton with Ellis by her side.
'I've warned him, there's just a lot of us,' she said. 'Be ready to be surrounded by so much love, and laughter and good food — my family is a good time.'
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