Amanda Stanton

Amanda Stanton is an actress and fashion blogger most well known for her appearance on the reality TV dating competition show The Bachelor. Stanton grew up in California and got her start in acting after graduating high school.

From 2006 to 2008, Stanton landed minor roles in both television and film and appeared in Disney’s The Cheetah Girls 2, Merry Christmas Drake & Josh, and Kissing Strangers. In 2016, Stanton was a contestant on season twenty of ABC’s The Bachelor (starring Ben Higgins), during which fans became quickly captivated by her charm. She ended in fourth place overall, and went on to appear in the show’s spinoff series Bachelor in Paradise, where she walked away not only as a fan favorite, but with an engagement ring.

In 2019, Stanton authored a memoir entitled Now Accepting Roses detailing her experience as a reality TV star and her journey as a single mother.

In 2012, Stanton married Nick Buonfiglio, and the couple split in 2015. She shares two children, Kingsley (born in 2012) and Charlie (born in 2014) with Buonfiglio. After participating in season three of Bachelor in Paradise, Stanton walked away with a proposal from Josh Murray. The two ended the engagement in 2016. She has been married to Michael Fogel since 2022, and the two welcomed a baby girl in January 2024.