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Who is Kim Li? Meet 'The Bachelor' contestant who was sent home in record time, viewers call show 'Anti Asian'

She is employed as a cardiac ICU nurse at one of Los Angeles' hospitals. Her Instagram bio reads 'broken hearts pay my bills'

'The Bachelor' Season 25 is underway and instead of thinning the herd, the showrunners are focusing on adding more ladies to the roster, which is possible making Matt James' job as a single man very difficult, given how stunning the new ladies are. 

Here, we talk about Kim Li, who entered the show in tonight's episode along with Brittany Galvin, Michelle Young, Catalina Morales and Ryan Catlor. Among the new group, Kim turned out to be quite the hero. She is employed as a cardiac ICU nurse at one of Los Angeles' hospitals. Her Instagram bio reads "broken hearts pay my bills." Quite witty.

When not saving lives, she is traveling the world. Must be quite a distressing experience for someone who works at an ER unit. Until some time ago, she was accompanied by her now ex-boyfriend and YouTube star David Alvarez. They were together for a little over three years.

However, like most couples, they decided to give it another shot in 2019. "I worked on your birthday, so this is late, but I hoped you liked New Zealand for your birthday! I love you and had so much fun in this beautiful country," she wrote on her Instagram. But now they have gone their separate ways and she is on the show to look for love. There's no information on why they split though.

Meanwhile, fans have weighed in with their first impression and it's all positive. Everyone loved her look and how she arrived on set, wearing this breezy, flirty dress. However, a section was also livid that she was sent home in record time. Her stint on the show was short-lived. 

"Kim made a better impression in 5 seconds than most the whole season #TheBachelor," a fan tweeted while another wrote: "15 minutes and 53 seconds of show time elapsed between these two screenshots. Kim might have had the shortest stint in Bachelor history. #TheBachelor," the Bachelor Party posted.

"Kim being the only one of the new girls eliminated? Anti Asian smh #TheBachelor," a user posted. "We finally get some Asian representation and y’all send her home smh #TheBachelor," another commented. "not #thebachelor producers bringing in another token asian girly when we all know damn well that she’s getting eliminated immediately," a fan expressed.

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