Shes one of 20 contestants entering The Bachelor Australia mansion on Wednesday night, but Leilani Vakaahi is no stranger to being in front of the camera.

The 27-year-old has opened up about being the first woman of Tongan heritage to compete in the Miss Universe Australia pageant. She said it was something she wanted to do to represent a different side of Australia after being the only Pacific Islander girl at her school growing up.

Id watched the pageant on TV growing up and always thought I would never compare to the beauty and intelligence of the women I saw, she told HuffPost Australia about making it to the pageants New South Wales state final last year.