She promised herself she wouldn't cry, but Jenny Adams couldn't hold back the tears after being rejected by The Bachelor.

The 23-year-old Edmontonian, one of 25 women competing for Charlie O'Connell's hand in marriage, admits she was upset on Monday's episode, but says her frustration was more about pride than love.

"I was not loving him -- he wasn't exactly my ideal man," she says. "I had eight producers asking me questions, trying to get me to cry and it worked, but it wasn't about him. It was more about being the only person sent home."

Adams, a marketing co-ordinator for Oxford Properties Group and part-time model, had high hopes of finding love when she met O'Connell.

The pair hit it off at first, but her feelings dwindled as he continually passed her up for one-on-one dates.

"Going into the show, I thought it was going to be serious and maybe I'd end up engaged. But when I got there it was just a big party," says Adams, who signed up for the show on-line last fall. "I felt so out of place -- I wasn't myself."

With the knowledge she was likely going home, Adams sealed her fate in the final rose ceremony when she insulted O'Connell's obvious top two picks -- Sarah W. (for being overly aggressive) and fellow Edmontonian Kim Choma (for dressing like a street-walker).

"I knew Kim before from the bar scene here in Edmonton. She's a nice girl, but she and I are very different," says Adams, adding she was much more cautious about how she acted than several of the women.

"I tried not to edit myself, but I kept thinking about the mayor watching it. I didn't want to come home and be embarrassed about anything I did."

With six ladies now remaining, Adams, who is heading back to New York at the end of the month to tape the women-tell-all episode, can't wait to see who won the bachelor's heart.

She wants to know if rumours that Choma and O'Connell had a hometown date in Edmonton (sparking speculation she makes it to the final four) are true.

"I am not allowed to contact the other girls, so I don't know."

Still single, Adams plans to take a more traditional approach to finding love from now on.

She says she won't be signing up for any more reality TV dating shows, no matter who's up for grabs.

"If they called me up and said 'We have a great bachelor this time,' I'd say 'Hell no.'

"Being on the show was a big deal, but once is enough," she says. "But, on the off-chance they asked me to be The Bachelorette... well, maybe."