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Not a bad consolation prize.

Becca Kufrin, whom Arie Luyendyk Jr. brutally dumped in the The Bachelor finale, will star on The Bachelorette .

Kufrins new looking-for-love gig on ABC came to light during Tuesdays The Bachelor : After the Final Rose which also featured Luyendyk proposing to the finalist he had originally spurned, Lauren Burnham.

Kufrin, a 27-year-old publicist from Prior Lake, Minnesota, took the high road, forgiving Luyendyk and embracing her new reality.

I want to be the best damn Bachelorette I can be, she said, per E! News. So Im so excited. I want to find love.

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The Bachelorette Season 14 with Kufrin in charge will premiere May 28 , ABC said.

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