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The Bachelor’s Chloie Costello is engaged to Hutch Hershberger!
Costello, 29, shared the big news in an Instagram post on Monday, Aug. 25. In the photos, Costello and her fiancé are all smiles as she wears a white T-shirt paired with white silk and lace trim shorts. She also shows off her pear-shaped three-stone engagement ring. Hershberger wore a navy T-shirt and olive green pants.
In other photos, the couple sport cute matching blue-and-white checkered pajamas. “matching pj’s for the rest of our lives :),” Costello wrote in the caption of the joint Instagram post. Hershberger set up an engagement breakfast in their backyard, featuring blue and white floral arrangements that included hydrangeas, lilies, roses and tulips.
The New York City-based model appeared on season 29 of ABC’s The Bachelor, during which she was one of the women vying for Bachelor Grant Ellis’ heart. Ellis, 31, concluded the season by proposing to Juliana Pasquarosa.
Pasquarosa, who has since separated from Ellis, wrote, “Omg girl congrats this is so exciting!!!!!”
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Several other women from Costello’s season of The Bachelor wished the couple well in the comments. Fellow season 29 alum Alexe Godin, who is currently competing on Bachelor in Paradise, wrote, “omg im throwing up!!!!!!!!!! my favs are getting married!!!!! I love you guys🥰😍❤️💕.”
Parisa Shifteh, who also appeared on the current run of BIP, wrote, “OMG CHLOIE❤️❤️❤️❤️ CONGRATS!!!!! So happy for you two omgomgomgomgogomg🥰🫶🏻😍😘.”
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Bachelor Nation host Jesse Palmer chimed in, writing, “Congrats you two!!!!” Zoe McGrady, also from the same season, wrote “Congrats 🥹🥹🥹.”
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Costello appeared to hard-launch her relationship with Hershberger on Instagram in April, a month after her season of The Bachelor finished airing. As part of the launch, she appeared on the Bachelor Happy Hour: Golden Hour podcast, where she spoke about how she thought he was “the one.”
New episodes of Bachelor in Paradise air on Monday evenings at 8 p.m. local time.
