A former Mount Maunganui woman has high hopes for her success on reality TV show The Bachelor - despite her mother warning her against it.
Yoga instructor Poppy Salter, 24, lived in Mount Maunganui until last August and is now one of 21 women competing for the heart of 26-year-old business owner Arthur Green.
It did not take much convincing to persuade Miss Salter to enter.
"I work for Lulu Lemon and the advert drove past on a car and one of my workmates said, 'You should enter that Poppy, it would be hilarious'," she told the Bay of Plenty Times Weekend.
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