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THE BACH, PART III

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Tonight, the third season of The Bachelor NZ begins and lifeguard Zac Franich gets to meet his 19 bacheloret­tes.

So who’s lining up to win his heart? Spy caught up with three gals from the mansion and from our early assessment, competitio­n will be stiff.

First up is Nelson-based Ally, 23. Like former bacheloret­te Chrystal Chenery, Ally is a qualified yoga instructor and also has a cosmetic tattooing business. Hopefully Franich, 28, is into ink because Ally wears her tats proudly. She has a sloth on her bottom, and another contains advice from her dad: “Life is what YOU make it”.

Ally told Spy that if she was going to tattoo Franich it would be his eyebrows — “Zac could definitely get some Guybrows” — though she doesn’t think he needs any cosmetic enhancemen­t. “He is already on point.”

Ally reckon’s she the laidback, kind one in the house and doesn’t like drama.“I’m always laughing and smiling. I hope Zac likes my optimistic outlook on life, I’m always trying to see the good in people and situations and I know he’s the same.”

Next up is Rosie, 23, from Christchur­ch. She’s studying a degree in psychology and put her skills to the test on the show.

“I definitely took note of Zac’s body language a lot. Almost too much. It was interestin­g to see who he was vibing with just by the way he interacted with them physically.

“I naturally take note of people’s body language all the time, I find it so fascinatin­g. If you really want to gauge how someone feels about you, watch more than listen.”

Franich will need to turn up the romance on those dates with Rosie: “I had a boyfriend who used to work away and he once flew home a few days early to surprise me. I was half asleep and heard a knock on the door and he was standing there

with flowers. I find the most simple gestures the most romantic, anything that says ‘I’m thinking of you and I love you.’ Someone wrote me a love letter when I was younger and I still have the fragments,” she says. Lastly meet Lucia, a 21-yearold Aucklander in the last year of her nursing degree. She’s into sport and can’t stand a bad kisser. The self-described tomboy had only lovely things to say about her fellow housemates and has described Franich as pretty cool. She’s looking forward to the physical challenges on the show: “I love a bit of adventure, I have been skydiving and bungee jumping as well as adventure quadbiking.”

And don’t expect too much social media engagement: “I definitely hate the way our generation, and me in particular, rely on our phones and social media.

“I love catching up with friends face-toface and not over Facebook chat. You see it a lot more with children now growing up and sitting all day on iPads rather than getting out and climbing trees with friends — which was my childhood in a nutshell. Although I’ll confess I am a big sucker for Snapchat.”

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Left to right: Ally, Rosie and Lucia.
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