OK ladies, the next most recent eligible bachelor is a 23-year-old nursing student from Lee&#x2019;s Summit who wants to go into pediatrics...</p><p>Todd Morris, a graduate of Lee&#x2019;s Summit High School, is one of 51 contestants for Cosmopolitan&#x2019;s Bachelor of the Year 2012.</p><p>Morris, a nursing student at the University of Missouri in Columbia, said he was nominated for the contest by a friend who also is in the nursing program.</p><p>Last summer he had just finished an internship at Children&#x2019;s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City.</p><p>&#x201C;I fell in love with it,&#x201D; Morris said.</p><p>He told his friends that once he graduates he&#x2019;ll work as a pediatrics nurse if at all possible. Then he got an unexpected proposition.</p><p>A friend and fellow nursing student asked him if he wanted to make some money. She told him about the contest and $10,000 prize offered by Cosmo.</p><p>&#x201C;I said if you want to send an entry for me you can, but I don&#x2019;t think it will go anywhere,&#x201D; Morris said.</p><p>His friend knew better and sent in the 250-word nomination. Morris said he&#x2019;s also been on the water-ski team at Mizzou and likes to spend the rest of his spare time visiting family.</p><p>Morris began getting calls in May from New York. He ignored the first several because he didn&#x2019;t know anyone from there. He didn&#x2019;t realize it was Cosmo staff.</p><p>In June, the magazine flew Morris and the other contestants to the Hamptons for a photo shoot, make up, wardrobe, &#x201C;the whole nine yards,&#x201D; he said.</p><p>Readers can check out all the candidates at cosmopolitan.com/bachelors-</p><p>2012 and cast votes until Oct. 18. The bachelors&#x2019; profiles are in the November issue, which is now on newsstands.</p><p>The winner will be chosen by a panel of Cosmo editors from the top-10 candidates with most votes, the announcement made Oct.18 when the bachelors gather in New York City at Copa for the annual Cosmo Bachelor Party.</p><p>Morris said he was told they&#x2019;ll also be making appearances on the Today Show and Entertainment Tonight.</p><p>&#x201C;Pretty crazy,&#x201D; Morris said. &#x201C;It&#x2019;s exciting, but it still feels surreal at this point.&#x201D;