Caila Quinn will reportedly be the next Bachelorette!

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According to sources, the 24-year-old software sales representative from Hudson, OH, has been selected by ABC as The Bachelorette's twelfth-season star, Us Weekly reported.

An eyewitness told the magazine that Quinn was spotted "filming her Bachelorette intro package" on Friday.

TMZ also reported last week that Quinn was shooting scenes on March 2 around her hometown, stopping in significant spots such as her alma mater, Western Reserve Academy, and a gazebo where she looked out pensively into the distance -- a classic shot in The Bachelor franchise.

Onlookers were reportedly asked to sign release forms so they could be filmed for television, but the crew declined to disclose what show they'd be featured on.

Quinn shooting her intro package does not definitely mean, however, she's the next Bachelorette. Former The Bachelor hopefuls before her, such as Nick Viall and Arie Luyendyk Jr., also filmed footage in their hometowns only to ultimately not be selected before the official announcements were made. 

Quinn was eliminated after her Fantasy Suite date with Ben Higgins in Jamaica during The Bachelor's most recent episode. She was blindsided and devastated because she felt so ready to get engaged and spend the rest of her life with Higgins.

Not only is she beautiful, bubbly and vulnerable, she also brings a lot to the table culturally and education-wise. Quinn fulfills ABC's desire for more diversity on the show since she's half-Filipino, she graduated from Boston College with a degree in marketing, and she even speaks German.

Quinn recently talked about whether she'd actually be interested in finding love on TV again as the Bachelorette.

"It's definitely a condensed period of time [with] condensed emotions. It's really exciting. I might do it again, because I did fall in love, and it did work for me. It has worked for so many other people before, and that's what I really want in life, and so who cares how you meet somebody as long as they're the right person?" Quinn explained to Entertainment Tonight.

But if Quinn doesn't get the job, she admitted she'd love to see Amanda Stanton, a single mother of two, become the franchise's next leading lady.

"I love Amanda," Quinn gushed. "She's a great mom, and she deserves love. So I think she'd be a great person to be the next Bachelorette."
About The Author: Elizabeth Kwiatkowski
Elizabeth Kwiatkowski is Associate Editor of Reality TV World and has been covering the reality TV genre for more than a decade.