The Bachelor's Amanda: "I Didn't Expect To Be Going Home"

Bachelorette Amanda Higgot was a "little bit jealous" when left out of last night's dates, but she still felt shocked when she didn't receive a rose.

The Wellington nursing student was eliminated by Bachelor Jordan Mauger during last night's rose ceremony - but she says his selection came as a surprise.

In an interview with the Herald, said she wasn't expecting her name to be called this early in the competition.

"I'm single, he's single - you'd think we'd have a connection ... I just didn't have time to get any deeper, but that's the way it goes."

The 28-year-old from Waikanae got little time to get to know the hunk, interacting with him mostly in a group.

She says she could have been more forward on the show but her low-key personality prevented her from pushing other girls out of the way for a chance at some alone time.

"I didn't expect to be going home. I felt quite good going into the ceremony. I mean I didn't speak to him that night, but I still felt okay," she told the Herald.

"If I hada feeling I would have approached him, but I was quite happy to just sit back and let the other girls speak to him - it did definitely come as a bit of a shock."

She only began to feel worried her time had run out when the roses started to dwindle.

Shedding a few tears as she made her exit Higgot was "happy" with how she handled herself on the show.

She leaves 15 girls in the mansion to vie for Mauger's attention.

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