Following The Bachelor with Ben

Just saw online a picture of Ben's first group date. The girls look super pretty! (Thanks @realitysteve)

 On Friday, Ben took 11 girls to the Sonoma Plaza in Sonoma, California. This would’ve been his first group date of the season. He had a 1-on-1 the night before in Santa Rosa, Ca. Not sure who it was with yet. Then again, outside of Jamie Otis (who is sitting in the top row far left), I don’t think I’ve identified any of the other 10 in this picture. This picture is courtesy of the Sonoma News. It appeared on their website Friday afternoon.

Here are a couple of girls that they have confirmed that are going to be on the next season of the Bachelor.  

1. Elyse Myers: 24, personal trainer/fitness instructor, Tampa, Fla. Originally from Illinois, graduated from Eastern Illinois University w/ a degree in exercise physiology. For some reason still has her Twitter page active, although didn’t use it much before she left for filming. Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/ElysedMyers

2. Erika Uhlig: 22, Chicago, current Miss Chicago 2011, went to University of Pitt. All her info currently on her Miss Chicago site (http://www.misschicago.org/erika.html), and she also has a Twitter account that she didn’t shut down before she left. Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/misschicago

3. Heather Freshwater: 25, Knoxville, TN, 7th grade language arts teacher at Holston Middle School. Attended Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, TN and majored in English.

4. Jamie Otis: 23, maternity nurse at Cortland Regional Medical Center in Cortland, NY. Intro video was shot at her hospital a few weeks ago.

I will keep things updated on here as more is found out with the new cast! See ya!