'The Bachelor' season 26: Meet the 31 contestants hoping to win Clayton Echard's heart

The 31 ladies who will compete for Clayton Echard's heart on "The Bachelor" season 26 have been revealed.

The 28-year-old medical sales rep from Columbia, Missouri, will meet a group that includes five nurses, along with a few other medical professionals, a former Olympian, a spray tanner and a bar mitzvah dancer.

Echard will be helped out by former New York Giants football player, former "The Bachelor" star and current ESPN football analyst Jesse Palmer, who will serve as host.

Clayton was first introduced as one of Michelle Young’s suitors in the current 18th season of "The Bachelorette" and was sent home in one of the most gut-wrenching eliminations in franchise history. Clayton’s genuine desire to find a partner and start a family won over the hearts of Bachelor Nation and earned him a second shot at finding love.

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Meet the 31 women who will vie for Clayton’s heart:

• Cassidy, 26, an executive recruiter from Los Angeles, California
• Claire, 28, a spray tanner from Virginia Beach, Virginia
• Daria, 24, a law student from New Haven, Connecticut
• Eliza, 25, a marketing manager from Berlin, Germany
• Elizabeth, 32, a real estate advisor from Highlands Ranch, Colorado
• Ency, 28, a sales manager from Burbank, California
• Gabby, 30, an ICU nurse from Denver, Colorado
• Genevive, 26, a bartender from Los Angeles, California
• Hailey, 26, a pediatric nurse from Orlando, Florida
• Hunter, 28, a human resources specialist from Charlotte, North Carolina
• Ivana, 31, a bar mitzvah dancer from Queens, New York
• Jane, 22, a social media director from Los Angeles, California
• Jill, 26, an architectural historian from Scituate, Rhode Island
• Kate, 32, a real estate agent from Lake Hollywood, California
• Kira, 32, a physician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Lindsay D., 27, a neonatal nurse from Jacksonville, Florida
• Lyndsey W., 28 an industrial sale representative from Houston, Texas
• Mara, 32, an entrepreneur from Collingswood, New Jersey
• Marlena, 30, a former Olympian from Gainesville, Florida
• Melina, 27, a personal trainer from West Hollywood, California
• Rachel, 25, a flight instructor from Clermont, Florida
• Rianna, 26, a registered nurse from Dallas, Texas
• Salley, 26, a previously engaged spine surgery robot operator from Charlottesville, Virginia
• Samantha, 26, an occupational therapist from San Diego, California
• Sarah, 23, a wealth management advisor from New York City, New York
• Serene, 26, an elementary school teacher from Oklahoma City, Ohio
• Shanae, 29, a recruiter from Sycamore, Ohio
• Sierra, 26, a yoga instructor from Dallas, Texas
• Susie, 28, a wedding videographer from Virginia Beach, Virginia
• Teddi, 24, a surgical unit nurse from Highland, California
• Tessa, 26, a human resources specialist from Brooklyn, New York