'The Bachelorette Season 12' star Jojo Fletcher: 5 things about the trending reality star

"The Bachelorette 2016" stars 25-year-old real estate developer Joelle "Jojo" Fletcher from Dallas, Texas. She is also known as one of the finalists in "The Bachelor Season 20" where Ben Higgins broke her heart when he chose Lauren Bushnell.

The reality television series began airing on May 23. Jojo has experienced love in different forms from different men. The audience has also watched contestants come and go- from operations manager Sal DeJulio, to electrical engineer Nick Benvenutti, to boxing club owner James Fuertes. They have seen tears, jealousy and raw emotion in the eliminations. They have also seen smiles and laughs whenever she goes out on the group dates with the boys. Every move Jojo made was the talk of the town.

Here are five facts that fans and viewers ought to know about the leading lady of "The Bachelorette Season 12":

Fact 1. Originally, Jojo was not supposed to be star of the 12th season. Her fellow contestant in "The Bachelor" Caila Quinn was lined up for the role. However, days before the official announcement, Caila rejected the offer and the producers replaced her with Jojo instead.

Fact 2. Jojo threw the first pitch in a Los Angeles Dodgers game in May. The baseball team's official Twitter account gave her a shout-out.

Fact 3. The reality star admits that she is a "daddy's girl." Her mother Soraya Fletcher a has a PhD from Vanderbilt School and works as a nurse in Texas. While her father Joseph Fletcher is a gastroenterologist.

Fact 4. Jojo's ethnicity is actually Persian. Her mother actually returns to the Middle East from time to time for charity work.

Fact 5. Her real father George Patton escaped the Iranian war with her mother. She was born before her parents separated and took her stepfather's last name when her mother remarried.

Jojo's quest for love has enthralled viewers from all over the world. As the romantic reality series comes to a close, fans are creating their own theories on who will receive the final rose from Jojo.