| Clare Crawley | |
| Birth Name: | Clare Crawley |
| Birth Date: | 20 March 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Television personality |
| Spouse: | [1] |
| Children: | 1 |
Clare Dawkins (Crawley)[2] (born March 20, 1981)[3] is an American television personality, best known for her role as the runner-up on the 18th season of ABC's The Bachelor and as the lead of the 16th season of The Bachelorette.[4] She also appeared on seasons 1 and 2 of Bachelor in Paradise, and on Bachelor Winter Games.
Crawley was born in Sacramento, California and is the youngest of six sisters. She is of Mexican descent on her mother's side.[5] Her father died from brain cancer in 2004.[6] Crawley also completed hairstylist training while growing up in Sacramento, California.[7]
See main article: The Bachelor (American season 18). Crawley first appeared as a contestant on Juan Pablo Galavis's season of The Bachelor, where she made it to the final two but was rejected in favor of fellow contestant Nikki Ferrell.[8] During her time on The Bachelor, she and Galavis went out at night to swim in the ocean together, which Galavis later called a mistake as he did not want to set a bad example for his daughter.[9] After Galavis rejected her, Crawley called him out for the inappropriate language he used regarding their time together, which was met with widespread praise by viewers.[10]
See main article: Bachelor in Paradise (American season 1) and Bachelor in Paradise (American season 2).
After The Bachelor, Crawley appeared on the first two seasons of Bachelor in Paradise; however, she was unsuccessful in finding love and left voluntarily on both seasons.[11] [12]
See main article: The Bachelor Winter Games.
Crawley returned for The Bachelor Winter Games, where she was involved in a love triangle with Christian Rauch and Benoit Beauséjour-Savard.[13] Although Crawley left alone, the reunion special on February 22, 2018, revealed she and Beauséjour-Savard had gotten back together offscreen. Beauséjour-Savard proposed to Crawley on stage, and she accepted.[14] On April 6, 2018, the couple revealed they had broken up.[15]
See main article: The Bachelorette (season 16). Crawley was announced as The Bachelorette on March 2, 2020, on Good Morning America.[16] This appearance makes her the oldest Bachelorette in the show's history, taking over from Rachel Lindsay who was 32 on her season.[17]
Outside of her work on television, Crawley is a hairstylist at De Facto Salon in Sacramento, California.[18] [19] She got engaged to Dale Moss during the 16th season of The Bachelorette. They announced their breakup on January 19, 2021, but reunited a month later.[20] [21] They broke up for good in September 2021.[22]
On October 10, 2022, it was reported that Crawley got engaged to Ryan Dawkins, her boyfriend of 1 year, over the weekend in Las Vegas.[23] They married on February 1, 2023, in Sacramento. Crawley became a stepmother to Dawkins' two daughters from his previous marriage.[24] In January 2024, the couple welcomed their first child together, a daughter, via surrogate.[25] [26]
| 2011–2015 | Bachelor in Paradise | Contestant | Contestant on season 1 and 2; 12 episodes | |
| 2014–2022 | The Bachelor | Various roles | Contestant on season 18; 16 episodes | |
| 2014–2020 | The Bachelorette | Herself | The Bachelorette on season 16 | |
| 2016 | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | Contestant | Episode: "Bachelor Fan Favorites 4" | |
| 2018 | The Bachelor Winter Games | Contestant | 4 episodes | |
| 2020–2021 | Entertainment Tonight | Guest and guest co-host | 5 episodes |