Lovely and outgoing, gorgeous Texas gal Deandra Kanu has a big smile and an even bigger heart, something that shot her to fame after she appeared on the 24th season of ABC’s reality TV show, The Bachelor. She is a huge social media influencer, via Instagram and her own YouTube channel, on which she talks about her eating habits, her exercise regimes and beauty tips. But despite being passionate about everything health, fitness and lifestyle related, she started her YouTube channel because of her struggle with insomnia which later led to anxiety-issues. She wanted to document her journey in healing herself.

Open, passionate and honest, it is no surprise that Kanu thrives in the spotlight. One of ten children, she also regularly travels to Nigeria, the birth place of her philanthropist and humanitarian father, Prince Daniel Kanu, where she has become heavily involved in national politics. She followed in the footsteps of her older sisters, excelling academically and socially throughout junior high and high school, and graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in Communication and Public Relations.

Kanu was a home care coordinator prior to her appearance on The Bachelor, and when not working loves nothing more than to barhop and try new restaurants. In matters of love, she believes that you should always choose people who choose you back.