The Bachelorette: Emily Maynard Meets Her 25 Suitors
May 14 2012, Published 1:00 p.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
Emily Maynard, the one-time fiancée of former Bachelor Brad Womack, made her debut as The Bachelorette Monday, taking a gander at the 25 hunky bachelors trying to win her love.
The 26-year-old beauty becomes the first single mom in the show's eight-season history, as she has a 6-year-old daughter named Ricki. (The show was taped in Charlotte, North Carolina to accommodate her child.)
Emily made her goals clear from the get-go Monday, telling the men she's looking for a long-term love.
I want “a minivan full of babies," Emily said. "I want it so bad. I want to be in love. I want babies. I'm tired of being engaged. I want to get married.”
As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, Emily's former fiancée NASCAR, driver Ricky Hendrick, was involved in an auto accident that ended his career, and later died in a 2004 plane crash while she was pregnant with Ricki. She said on Monday she wasn't comfortable dwelling on yesteryear's tragedies.
“To be honest, I really don’t want to talk about that anymore,” Emily said. I’ve really moved on from that … I’ve been in love twice, and I lost it twice."
On Monday, Emily got to business quick, elim