LOS ANGELES, July 28 (UPI) -- Reality television personality Melissa Rycroft Strickland announced she is pregnant Wednesday on "Good Morning America."

Rycroft Strickland -- a "GMA" correspondent who competed on "The Bachelor" and "Dancing with the Stars" -- married insurance agent Tye Strickland last December. Their first child is expected to be born in February.

"It was a shock. We weren't even trying," Rycroft Strickland told Us Weekly.

"It's the most wonderful surprise in the world," she added. "It's such a blessing."