Catherine Lowe (

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Mejia Giudici; born April 29, 1986) is an American graphic designer, reality television star and the winner of the seventeenth season of

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's '' The Bachelor''. She is married to the former bachelor, Sean Lowe.

Early life

Giudici was born in Seattle, Washington to Carey Giudici, who is of Swiss-Italian and

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descent and Cynthia Mejia, a

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. Her maternal grandparents originated from the Philippine province of

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. She graduated from Roosevelt High School in 2004, and then from

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in the class of 2008, having gained a B.A. in advertising. She then began a career in advertising, working for Seattle's Wexley School for Girls.

''The Bachelor''

"Sean and Catherine's Wedding" (Aired: January 26, 2014 - live)
Over a year after proposing to Giudici on his season of ''The Bachelor'', Sean Lowe and his fiancée were finally married on January 26, 2014, in a live ceremony performed by Lowe's father at the Four Seasons Resort Biltmore in Santa Barbara. Many of the ''Bachelor'' alumni were in attendance at the wedding, such as ''

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'' married couples Ashley and J.P. Rosenbaum, Trista and

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, DeAnna and Stephen Stagliano, ''The Bachelors

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and Molly Mesnick as well as the previous season's ''Bachelorette'' pair, Desiree Hartsock and Chris Siegfried, who have since also gotten married. The Lowes appeared on the first-season finale of ''Bachelor in Paradise'' to speak to the final couples and assess the chances that their relationships would succeed.

Other television appearances

Giudici was a guest on ''

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'' with her fiancé, Sean Lowe, just before their wedding. Kimmel told them that he thought they were lying about waiting until marriage, so he hooked them up to a polygraph test to find out the truth. The couple gladly agreed and the lie detector showed that they were waiting. The Lowes were featured in '' Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars'' as they worked through their marital issues. The Lowes also made an appearance on season 3 of '' Billion Dollar Buyer'' where they won a bid to sell products in their stationery line, LoweCo.

Personal life

On July 2, 2016, the Lowes had their first child, a son. On May 18, 2018 their second son was born. On December 23, 2019, their third child, a daughter, was born.

References

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