UNC PhD student Emily O’Brien was given a rose from Ben Flajnik to send her on to Belize on ABC’s “The Bachelor.”

O’Brien, a student seeking her PhD from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, spent episode six hanging out with Ben and five other women on a group date to a Panamanian village.

O’Brien is one of 25 women that began this experience to seek the love and adoration of one man, dubbed “the Bachelor,” on this extravagant date-filled reality show. At the end of each show, after this year’s Bachelor Ben Flajnik takes women on one-on-one and group dates, there is the so-called rose ceremony when Flajnik chooses which women will advance to the next week by giving them a rose.

In the attempt to find true love, the Bachelor will travel on helicopters, sail to far away islands, watch (actual) fireworks fly and go on many other dates that cost some serious dough, all to narrow the field to one woman–to whom he will propose marriage.

With a UNC student in the competition, we couldn’t resist following her attempts to be Ben Flajnik’s right woman. With six remaining women going into episode seven in Belize, O’Brien may be a contender for the heart of the Bachelor.

The women who received a rose were:

• Courtney
• Emily
• Kacie B. (one-on-one date rose)
• Lindzi C. (group date rose)
• Nicki
• Rachel (two-on-one date rose)

It seems O’Brien may get more alone time with Flajnik in episode seven, airing on Monday at 8 p.m. on ABC as the ladies travel to Belize.

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Full video of episode six || ABC