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Who is Daisy Kent? About Her Age, Parents, Education, and More
Season 28 of The Bachelor is almost coming to an end, with Joey Graziadei picking his final four.Daisy Kent, one of the fan favorites from The…
Season 28 of The Bachelor is almost coming to an end, with Joey Graziadei picking his final four.
Daisy Kent, one of the fan favorites from The Bachelor Season 28, made it to the final four, to the delight of the fans and followers of the show. However, not many people know about her.
As a result, they often ask, “Who is Daisy Kent?” and want to know personal details about her, from her age and education to her parents, siblings, and family to her height and weight.
Here is all we know about one of the final four of Season 28 of The Bachelor.
Who is Daisy Kent?
Kent is one of the constants in The Bachelor Season 28.
She was born on September 8, 1998, in Becker, Minnesota, making her a Virgo. At the time of writing, her age is 25, but on September 8, 2024, her age will be 26.
Kent has never revealed her height and weight to date. However, her height is reported to be 5’ 6” in feet and 168 in centimeters.
Similarly, her weight is 52 kg or 114 lbs. Kent was born and raised in Minnesota with her family, the place where she completed her education till high school.
She attended San Diego State University from 2017 to 2021, graduating with a degree in communications, digital, and social media, according to LinkedIn. During her undergraduate years, she appears to have studied abroad in Barcelona.
Kent works for Jungo, a mortgage software startup, and has been there for more than three years, per LinkedIn. She presently works as an account executive for the organization.
Daisy Kent’s family — parents and family
Kent grew up in a big family with her parents and siblings. Her parents, Brandon and Julie, have been married for over 30 years.
The bachelor contestant was inspired to find a partner for herself by looking at her parents. Her official bio for the reality TV show reads, “She comes from a big, loving family, and her parents’ 30-plus-year marriage has been the blueprint for the kind of love she wants for herself.”
Looking at Kent’s Instagram, she is very close with her parents. She often refers to her father as her best friend, someone who helped her through the darkest days of her life.
Her mother, Julie, is no less. When Kent was battling Lyme’s disease, Julie took to Instagram to support her daughter in 2021 and wrote, “This has been an amazing time spent with sweet Daisy, even if I was rubbing her back while she was puking, rubbing her feet to help take the pain away, talking til wee hours of the night, going to a zillion appointments, walking through the park and giggling until she cries!”
Kent grew up with four siblings — she is the middle child of five kids in her family. She has two sisters, Josie and Adeline, and two brothers, Milan and Harrison.
Her siblings, Josie and Milan, are older than her, whereas the other two siblings are younger. Josie and Milan are married and have a family.
Daisy Kent with her family. (Source: Instagram)
However, Kent’s younger siblings are still studying and graduating from University.
Daisy Kent and her hearing loss
Kent has been struggling with her health from a young age. When she was 15, she started having hearing issues.
One day, her father had trouble waking her up. She talked about her journey with CBS 8 and said, “He was shaking me, and I was like, ‘This is weird.’ I looked at him, I couldn’t hear him, then sat up and realized something was wrong with my left ear.”
She then started hearing a lot of high-pitched ringing, which progressively got worse. She also could not understand speech very well and noted that her experience was “super isolating.”
When she was 17, she was diagnosed with Meniere’s disease, which is an inner ear illness. At 21, examinations revealed that she also had Lyme illness, which experts believe may have caused her Meniere’s disease.
She chronicled her experience on TikTok and gained a large following. Her parents told her that she had this opportunity to turn it into something special.
So, she thought she would start posting for herself. She often opens up about her struggle on TikTok, and she most recently did that on February 25, 2024, on the occasion of International Cochlear Implant Day.
“I was told once that God was doing something special with me and that there was no doubt that one day my ears would pop and I would hear,” she wrote with a collection of photographs from her journey of getting Cochlear implants.
“Losing my hearing has been the loneliest pain I have experienced,” she added. “I pictured myself in a glass box since I was 15 and I’m pounding on the walls screaming and terrified. People are looking in at me and they can’t hear me. I can’t hear them. I am alone with one of the most dangerous things — my thoughts.”
She acknowledged feeling confused and irritated when she lost her hearing capacity, but looking back, she wouldn’t have had it any other way.
She wrote, “Losing my hearing has given me the ability to look at myself and realize how strong I am, how capable I am, how I have the ability to take something difficult and create something beautiful.”
Apart from social media, Kent has also spread awareness about her condition via her foundation and book.
She created her non-profit foundation, Hear Your Heart, in 2021 to help children with autoimmune illnesses or hearing loss, inspired by her own condition.
According to LinkedIn, the organization gives children medical assistance, funds their future education, and brings awareness to mental health for every child, including their family.
“Hear Your Heart believes every child should live their life to their fullest. We are striving to encompass what it truly means to Hear Your Heart, challenging all to listen inward and explore all options,” their profile reads.
She has also written a book, Daisy Doo: All the Sounds She Knew, which was published in August. The book follows Daisy Doo, a little girl who uses a cochlear implant to rediscover her favorite sounds.
Talking about her writing a book, she said, “I always wanted to write a children’s book. When I got the surgery, I realized there were a lot of emotions I went through. I was so scared; there was a lot of unknowns.”
She dedicated the book to her surgeon, Dr. Elina Kari, and the UC San Diego Health medical staff who treated her.