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Article: Spinsterhood is Powerful: 'The Bachelor' gets a sex change and a suffix. Trista gets her pick of Mr. Rights. TV gets real.
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- January 13, 2003
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Byline: Marc Peyser
Bad news, "Bachelor" fans. Reality TV's hottest dating show may not survive its sex-change operation. Not that ABC has shared even a minute of "The Bachelorette," which debuts this week. But talk to Trista Rehn, the former Miami Heat cheerleader who dated 25 men simultaneously in hopes of finding a husband, and her report is not encouraging. For one thing, Trista admits she cried. While it is practically mandatory for one of her suitors to break down, to have the Bachelorette herself buckle under the pressure could ruin everything. Even worse, she insists that she was "really conscientious of being honest. I wasn't out there to hurt anyone's ...