In spite ofThe Bachelor’s recent push for diversity, historically, the franchise has been anything but.

“And for my season, there were two people of Asian descent myself and another girl.

And the other girl went home night one.

Sydney Lotuaco smiling

Whether that was true or not, that’s kind of what I put on myself.”

Sydney acknowledged that the franchise is changing, but that it is still far from perfect.

AnotherBacheloralum, Catherine Lowe, opened up about the pressure she felt in anInstagrampost last year.

Sydney Lotuaco smiling

“I knew that one of the reasons I was probably chosen was because I was Filipino…

I thought I was there just to check a box.”