Bachelorette Ali
ABC's The Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky

Ali Fedotowsky on Jimmy Kimmel Live PART 1 from March 1st, 2010

Ali proves to be a true independent woman who goes after what she wants! The brazen blonde suggested there should be 50 men to pick from this season, instead of the usual 25 — and she got it!

Ali also revealed that “gorgeous” Jake was so pretty he made her intimidated. “I’m looking for a guy who can keep me interested in what he says and not how he looks,” she said.

March 1st on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Ali Fedotowsky has been named the star of the new season of The Bachelorette.

The announcement was made during Monday night’s Bachelor finale.

“I’m so excited!” she told host Chris Harrison. “I am so thrilled and honored and grateful. I just can’t believe it.”

Told that America has fallen for her, she replied, “I feel so blessed.”

When she was first approached to do the show, she said she felt “scared. I realize I am not going to let my fear dictate my life anymore. I want to fall in love, have kids, all of that. I am not going to make the same mistake I made before.”

The 25-year-old Fedotowsky — a San Francisco-based advertising accounts manager for Facebook — was one of Bachelor Jake Pavelka’s frontrunners until she abruptly left the show to save her job.

On the recent Women Tell All special, she expressed regret for her decision.

“If I could go back and do it differently, I would,” she said, adding: “On my death bed, I don’t want to look back and say I didn’t love enough … If I knew what I know now, would I chose love over work? Yes.”

Ali Fedotowsky in The Bachelorette to Debut May 24.  Color me excited!  This is the cutest Bachelorette in a LONG time.