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Kristina's Been Up To A Lot Post-'Bachelor'

by Caralynn Lippo

Kristina Schulman has been lowkey awesome all season long on The Bachelor. First, she called out Corinne Olympios' napping excuse for missing the rose ceremony. Then, she centered her faux-breakup with Bachelor Nick Viall around the fact that he didn't floss. Finally, she completely opened up about her rough background. Kristina's honesty and her no-nonsense attitude have quickly made her one of Season 21's most popular contestants. Some even want her to be the next Bachelorette. Given her sudden fan-favorite status, it's no wonder that fans are curious about what Kristina is up to now after The Bachelor.

Though the 24-year-old isn't as active on social media as some of the other women, she's still posted enough (on her Instagram account as well as on Twitter) that fans can get some sense about what's going on in her life. For one thing, it appears as though she's still hard at work as a dental hygienist. She hasn't talked about it all that much this season — granted, it's not as central to her life story as Corinne's business ownership or Vanessa Grimaldi's teaching — but it's still a part of her life. On Jan. 25, she tweeted a photo of herself in scrubs holding a bouquet of roses with a caption about "feeling the love" from her coworkers.

Kristina has also spent time watching the show with her family and friends. Towards the beginning of the season, she shared via Twitter a photo of the "viewing party" she had (presumably at her house).

She's also spent time fawning over the glorious Meryl Streep, just like the rest of us. Days before Streep's show-stopping Golden Globes speech, Kristina tweeted about the honestly ridiculous number of Golden Globes awards and nominations the actress had won.

Between work, watching and live tweeting along with The Bachelor as it airs, and being a Streep fan, Kristina has also been hanging out with her fellow contestants off-screen. It seems like some deep and lasting friendships have formed this year, with many of Nick's women sharing photos of themselves hanging out together weeks after filming of the show wrapped. So far, Kristina's made time to hang out with Sara Vendal (joking that the two had "attempted modeling" together), Astrid Loch, Alexis Waters, Christen Whitney, Taylor Nolan, Danielle Maltby, and Vanessa Grimaldi.

One thing is for sure: Kristina is certainly keeping herself busy post-Bachelor whether she ends up walking away with a ring on her finger or not.