Lea Cayanan will be one of Joey Graziadei's beautiful bachelorettes on The Bachelor's 28th season.

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Lea is a 23-year-old account manager from Waipahu, HI.

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Lea is hoping to win Joey's heart after he had it broken by The Bachelorette's Season 20 star Charity Lawson.

Lea takes relationships and love very seriously, according to ABC, and she's never been interested in casual dating.

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Lea says she's ready to be wifed up and is a sucker for big romantic gestures.

Fans will get to know Lea a little better when The Bachelor premieres its 28th season with a two-hour episode Monday, January 22 at 8PM ET/PT on ABC.

But until then, let's learn some fun facts about The Bachelor bachelorette right now.

Below is a list of five facts Reality TV World has compiled about Lea Cayanan.


Lea got to meet Joey early on The Bachelorette: After the Final Rose

Lea introduced herself to Joey on The Bachelorette: After the Final Rose for Charity Lawson's season.


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Joey thought that Lea was beautiful and sweet, and he was impressed by how she handled herself in front of all the cameras and a screaming audience -- with maturity and grace.

As The Bachelor viewers may recall, The Bachelor franchise host Jesse Palmer gave Lea an envelope with a card inside that she wasn't allowed to open until Night 1 of filming.

"I don't know [what was in the card]. It threw me for a loop," Joey said during a late 2023 appearance on the "Bachelor Happy Hour" podcast.

"I like that they are trying to change things up, I really do. But I was like, 'What are we doing with the card? What does this mean?'"

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The Hawaii native is currently living in Los Angeles

Although Lea currently resides in California, ABC says she is proud of her roots.

Lea is the daughter of two hardworking immigrant parents from the Philippines. She therefore hopes to find a man who is family-oriented.


Lea works as an Operator Territory Manager at PepsiCo

Lea began working for Pepsi as a sales intern in May 2021. She was promoted in August 2022 and now works as an Operator Territory Manager.

Lea has held the position for a year-and-a-half now.


ABC says Lea is a confident woman

ABC says Lea lights up every room that she walks into.


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When Lea isn't working, she loves spending time painting, hiking and being by the ocean. She loves the beach so much that she wishes she could be a fish for a day and thinks she was a sea creature in another life.

Lea also plays the flute, ukulele, guitar, and piano.

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The Bachelor bachelorette has her Master's Degree

Lea was a very well-rounded student.

While in high school at Damien Memorial School, Lea participated in canoe paddling, concert band, hula, track and field, student government, bowling and robotics.


Lea then studied finance, marketing, law and public policy. She graduated from Gonzaga University in 2022 with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration.

Lea went on to receive her MBA in Business Administration and Management in May 2024.

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About The Author: Elizabeth Kwiatkowski
Elizabeth Kwiatkowski is Associate Editor of Reality TV World and has been covering the reality TV genre for more than a decade.