Jacob Lynn "Jake" Pavelka (born January 27, 1978) is an American television personality, pilot, actor, and model who appeared on six

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programs, most notably '' The Bachelor''.

Early life and career

Pavelka was born in

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to Sallie Lanell (''

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'' Mack), a nurse, and James Lynn Pavelka. He is the middle of three sons. His brothers, Jason and Matthew, are both married. He has two nephews. Pavelka grew up in

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, and he started taking flying lessons when he was twelve. He eventually worked as a pilot for

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, and under the name of Jake Landrum, acted in several television commercials and programs produced in the Dallas area. Pavelka is a cousin of fitness model, television presenter, actor and personal trainer

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. Pavelka participates in

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and has been active in fitness throughout his life.

Reality television

Pavelka first appeared as a contestant in 2009, in the fifth season of the

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reality show ''

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''. He was eliminated by the Canadian

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before hometowns, but was brought back by the network to star in the 14th season of its series ''The Bachelor'' in 2010. The program's run ended with Pavelka proposing marriage to contestant

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in the March 2010 finale. They split up in June 2010. Following the end of ''The Bachelor'', Pavelka was named as one of the celebrity contestants for the tenth season of ''

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''. He and his partner,

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, were the fifth to be eliminated, in April 2010. In July 2011, Pavelka was a contestant on the second season of ''

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''. He was also a contestant on

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's 2011 reality series ''

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'', and appeared on a September 2011 episode of

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's reality show ''

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''. In 2014, he was a contestant on ''Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off''. On May 23, 2016, he appeared as a surprise guest on the ''Bachelorette'' with

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Other work

In June 2010, Pavelka was scheduled to guest-star on an episode of ''

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'' as Toby Devlin, contestant on a fictional reality dating show. On January 14, 2011, he guest-starred on ''

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''. From February to March 2012, he was a celebrity guest host at the

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' show in

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Filmography

References

External links

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Jake Pavelka's official ''YouTube''
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