Hannah Brown is our new Bachelorette! The 24-year-old Alabama native was announced as our new franchise lead on Tuesday, during Colton Underwood's "After the Final Rose." What started as Hannah's introduction to the role quickly turned into her first night as Bachelorette, with her first five guys trying to make a good impression. "I feel all the emotions, but honestly, I'm just really grateful for this opportunity," she told Chris Harrison on Tuesday. "[Falling in love and getting engaged] didn't happen for me my first time around, but I do believe it can happen, and I'm so honored people saw my heart." With Hannah leaving just over halfway through Colton's season, however, there's still much more to learn about her. Check out seven things to know about Hannah below: She's Alabama Hannah, Through and Through The blonde beauty was born and raised in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She graduated with bachelor's in communications from the University of Alabama in 2017, where she was a member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority. Pageants Were a Big Deal for Her Fans heard a little bit of Hannah's pageant drama with Caelynn Miller-Keyes on Colton's season of The Bachelor, and while that drama went down not-so-recently, Hannah had been competing since she was 15. In November 2017, she was crowned Miss Alabama USA. She competed for Miss USA, but lost to Sarah Rose Summers of Nebraska. Caelynn -- who was first runner-up, was Miss North Carolina. But Pageants Aren't the Only Thing She's Done The 24-year-old worked as a freelance hairstylist and makeup artist throughout college, according to her LinkedIn profile. After graduation, she put her design skills to use as an interior decorator. "It quickly became clear that this job was not just a hobby, and after graduation I decided to continue my work study under the designers at Gracefully Done," she says on her profile. "My favorite part of designing and decorating is forming relationships with my clients and being able to meet specific needs for creating their dream space." She Looks Good in a Wedding Dress Hannah may not have gotten engaged to Colton, but she's tried on wedding dresses before. The Alabama native stunned in a recent photo shoot for Alabama Weddings Magazine. Hannah's a Dog Lover Who doesn't love a golden retriever? Hannah's family appears to have two, and they make frequent appearances on her Instagram. "Just look at those faces. ???? #wetdogs #happydogs #alabamahannah," she captioned a beach photo of her time with her pups over the summer. And She's Definitely a "Beast" in the Gym Hannah showed off her fighting skills on The Bachelor, but she's had these moves for a while. Check out her fierce boxing skills from last year. She Came to Entertain While speaking with ET at the "Women Tell All" taping last month, Hannah said that she'd love to be the Bachelorette -- and would work hard to give us a good season. "I also was genuine about how I felt and I truly did want the end of it to be me and it wasn't, but I still stayed true to myself and allowed everybody to kind of see every part of me -- the good and the bad," she said. "I would love to have the opportunity to continue on shedding that layer of just trying to be whatever I think people want me to be and just being myself." "I really believe in this process and I do think you can fall in love here and be in love and find your person, so if it could be me, that would be great," she added. "I think it'd be damn entertaining. I can guarantee that." Hannah's season of The Bachelorette will start filming soon. For now, see more on our new Bachelor franchise lead in the video below, and join ET's Bachelor Nation Facebook group here. RELATED CONTENT: 'Bachelor' Colton Underwood Gets a Neil Lane Ring for Cassie After All 'The Bachelor' Finale: Hannah B. Starts Her First Night as 'Bachelorette' Meet Our New 'Bachelorette': Hannah B.! ‘The Bachelor’: Hannah B Calls Her ‘Love’ Admission to Colton a Product of ‘Editing’! (Exclusive) This video is unavailable because we were unable to load a message from our sponsors. If you are using ad-blocking software, please disable it and reload the page. Related Gallery<doc-sep>And the new star of The Bachelorette is... The Bachelorette Close this dialog window Streaming Options You know how some years there are a bunch of different contestants on The Bachelor who have what it takes to be the Bachelorette, and there are so many options you’re not sure who the producers are gonna pick? Yeah, this was not one of those years, rose lovers. bachelor-contestants-1-2000 Credit: Craig Sjodin/ABC via Getty Images (4) During part two of The Bachelor season finale, host and official love guru Chris Harrison announced that the new star of The Bachelorette is… Hannah B.! “I feel all the emotions,” a nervous Hannah told Harrison. And then we got to watch the exact moment when Harrison FaceTimed her with the news. Screen Shot 2019-03-12 at 9.41.16 PM Credit: ABC The former Miss Alabama 2018 made a name for herself during this season of The Bachelor — and by that I mean she literally made up a name for herself: “Hannah Beast.” scream Credit: ABC Hannah B. (not to be confused with Hannah G.) got plenty of airtime earlier this season when her rivalry with fellow beauty queen Caelynn spilled over into their “relationships” with Colton. Hannah B. told Colton that Caelynn was “hostile,” and Caelynn told Colton that Hannah B. was “manipulative” and “toxic.” The two eventually hugged it out for the cameras, but even with their beef settled, Caelynn seemed a more likely choice for Bachelorette than Hannah B. For one thing, Caelynn received an outpouring of fan support when she told Colton about surviving a sexual assault in college. For another, she lasted longer than Hannah B., who was sent packing in week seven, right before hometown dates. But in her final weeks on the show, Caelynn was plagued by accusations that she was not there for the Right Reasons™, and that she may have even — gasp! — said she wanted to be the Bachelorette if Colton didn’t choose her in the end. When Caeylnn finally got sent home, her initial response was probably not something she would want included in her pageant reel. BS Credit: ABC Last week at the Women Tell All, Caeylnn was still fending off accusations that she was using Colton for TV fame. Hannah B., meanwhile, was clearly already being groomed for her upcoming Bachelorette duties. She told host Chris Harrison that being on The Bachelor helped her shed that “pressure to be perfect,” and she reiterated her reject-limo vow: “I will not allow myself to not feel chosen every single day.” Welp, congrats, Hannah B. — someone did choose you, and his name is Mike Fleiss! Hannah’s Bachelorette duties started on the spot during the live Bachelor finale, as she met her first five guys. You can read more about them here, in our finale recap. Screen Shot 2019-03-12 at 9.45.32 PM Credit: ABC So, what say you, Bachelor Nation? Do you find Hannah B. endearingly awkward or just awkward? And will you be watching come May? Post your thoughts below! The Bachelorette will premiere May 13 on ABC. Close this dialog window Streaming Options Related content:<doc-sep>An ABC exec just got into details about which other women were being considered for next Bachelorette and why Hannah B. was ultimately chosen. You can start prepping for her season by meeting Hannah's potential contestants right this way. Earlier this week ABC announced that Hannah B. is going to be the next Bachelorette, and the internet had many thoughts about it. And if you're still wondering why, exactly, Hannah B. was chosen to star next season, a producer just shared that it was actually a really close call and that four other women from Colton's season were also being considered. This content is imported from {embed-name}. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. ABC exec Rob Mills told The Hollywood Reporter, "This case was basically a five-way tie...We met with Hannah B., Hannah Godwin, Tayshia Adams, Caelynn Miller-Keyes, and Demi Burnett. And they were all great, but there was something about Hannah B.” Rob goes on to share, "Part of it was that she thought she was the dark horse, so she came in and had nothing to lose, saying, ‘I don’t know, I’m just going to be myself.’ There was just something different that we hadn’t seen in a Bachelorette before. Very kind of charming and goofy. When she had her intro video for The Bachelor and she said, 'I’m Hannah—all aboard the hot mess express!,' you think that’s probably just shtick. And then we figured out, no that’s actually true.” And if you weren't rooting for Hannah B. to be the Bachelorette, you can always try to make yourself feel better by joining Twitter in roasting the guys who might be on her season... Alanna Lauren Greco Alanna Greco is the weekend editor at Cosmopolitan.com and a freelance writer based in New York. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io<doc-sep>Because we'll take any excuse to take our minds off of Colton Underwood's emotional roller coaster of a finale of his season of The Bachelor, we're already setting our sites on the franchise's new Bachelorette: Hannah Brown! After Colton rode off into the sunset with Cassie Randolph, Chris Harrison announced that the former Miss Alabama would indeed be ABC's next star of The Bachelorette. While she's definitely a surprising choice — some fans were hoping for either Tayshia or Hannah G., both of whom Colton blindsided with breakups at the end of his season — there's no stopping Hannah now. Like she told Chris during the "Women Tell All" episode, she's on her way to finding "a fierce love," and at the very least, it promises to be an exciting season. Fortunately, we won't have to wait too long to watch it all happen. The Bachelorette will return to ABC on Monday, May 13. (It's just a few short months away, right? You can do it!) The reality competition usually premieres around that time, with Becca Kufrin's season kicking off nearly a full year before, on May 28. To kill time while you wait, we recommend checking out the first five suitors for her season that we've been introduced to so far!<doc-sep>
ABC The first of many cheers. ABC has announced that Hannah Brown will be the next “Bachelorette.” Brown, known as Hannah B., was sent home right before hometown dates on Colton Underwood’s season of “The Bachelor.” Fans have been rooting for Brown to be the next lead since her exit from the show. “The Bachelorette” will premiere this May. With Colton Underwood’s season of “The Bachelor” coming to an end, ABC officially announced their next leading lady Tuesday. It’s official: Hannah Brown will be the next “Bachelorette” when the show premieres in May. Known as Hannah B. on “The Bachelor,” Brown’s feud with fellow contestant Caelynn Miller-Keyes, who she knew before the show when they competed in beauty pageants together, caused fans to take sides early on in the season. Brown was eliminated right before Underwood’s hometown dates after he took her on a one-on-one date to meet his parents, where he figured out that he wasn’t falling in love with her as quickly as he was falling in love with him. At the time, Brown was crushed but said that she knew the right person for her was out there, even if it wasn’t the current “Bachelor” star. “I will not allow myself to not feel chosen every single day, and I’ll wait ’til whenever that is,” she said. Since Underwood sent her home, fans have been buzzing about Brown potentially being the next “Bachelorette,” so it seems like she could end up being a new favourite in the upcoming season. if Hannah B. ends up being the bachelorette, my whole 2019 will have been made ???? @hannahkbrown11 — makayla mais (@makayla_mais) March 4, 2019 https://twitter.com/japetrel/status/1102748220545994753?ref_src=twsrc^tfw https://twitter.com/lalalagan_/status/1102637619257708544?ref_src=twsrc^tfw On the “Women Tell All Episode” on this season, Brown mostly stayed out of drama and smoothed things over with Underwood. “I’m cool with you, I hope you’re cool with me and that’s where I want to be,” Brown said to Underwood. Brown’s season of “The Bachelorette” will premiere this May. Business Insider Emails & Alerts Site highlights each day to your inbox. Email Address Join Follow Business Insider Australia on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.