Catherine and Sean are also memorable because, while Bachelor franchise stars tend to be overwhelmingly white, Catherine is of Swiss-Italian, Scottish, and Filipino descent (per People). When she was cast on the show, she suspected she was there largely for diversity points, and didn't think that she and Sean would actually fall for each other.

"I counted myself out to be his fiancée because of what I assumed Sean liked," she wrote on Instagram. "I thought I was there just to check a box, but I ended up with so much more. I became present with the process and as he started noticing me for who I really was, I allowed this experience to open myself up to the possibility of being fully loved and appreciated for all that I was."

She continued, "I ended up getting to represent a mixed race community, I found Christ (I LOVE my testimony!) and marrying the most amazing man I've ever known. I'd say doing this show was one of the best things that ever happened to me."