Trista Rehn
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Trista Rehn (born October 28, 1972 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a prominent participant in the ABC reality television shows, The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.
She has also appeared on NBC's Fear Factor and ABC's Dancing with the Stars.
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[edit] Education
Prior to her rise to reality television fame, Rehn attended Parkway Central High School in Chesterfield, Missouri, Indiana University (where she was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority), and the University of Miami, where she obtained a master's degree in physical therapy.
During her time in Miami, she was a physical therapist and a dancer for the Miami Heat, where she was known by the nickname "T".
[edit] The Bachelorette
As part of her participation in The Bachelorette, Rehn was paid $1 million by ABC for affording the network the right to televise her December 6, 2003 marriage to Ryan Sutter, the bachelor she selected to marry on the show. The televised wedding, broadcast as the finale of a three-episode special Trista & Ryan's Wedding drew over 26 million viewers, making it one of the most-widely viewed episodes in the history of reality television.
[edit] Television appearances
Rehn also appears opposite actor Jason Alexander in a KFC commercial. She also has appeared in country music singer Brad Paisley's music video "Celebrity" in 2003 with Alexander, Little Jimmy Dickens and William Shatner.
She was the first celebrity contestant to be voted off Season 1 of US Dancing With the Stars.
[edit] Personal
Rehn and Sutter now live in Eagle County, Colorado, where Sutter is a Vail, Colorado firefighter.
[edit] External links
- Trista Rehn at the Notable Names Database
- Trista Rehn at the Internet Movie Database
