ABC's season 18 Bachelor Juan Pablo Galavis celebrated his 33rd birthday last Thursday and now he's boasting exclusive pics from the event.

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"Thanks to you @stevehelling and @peoplemag for this ARTICLE…" tweeted the star Wednesday afternoon alongside a link to People's coverage of the event.

According to the Wednesday People article, Galavis celebrated his birthday at the Flamingo Theater Bar in Miami, Fla. with girlfriend and The Bachelor winner Nikki Ferrell.

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It was Galavis' first birthday wild Ferrell, and the two weren't shy about packing on the PDA in front of guests as they drank scotch and hung out with the former soccer player's sister, Anna and father, Saul.

"I had an amazing time with his family," Ferrell told the magazine, "And I also got to meet so many of his friends."

"I'm very happy and blessed to spend the first of many birthdays with Nikki," added Galavis. "She's a wonderful woman -- smart, caring, who treats my daughter amazingly well. She's the one who has to deal with this Latin guy, with a culture that she sometimes doesn't understand. She's been able to handle it well!"

The big "birthday bash" started at 11 p.m. and by midnight Galavis got a look at his rather impressive four-tier, red with black trim birthday cake. Complete with a soccer ball topper, the cake included photos of his five-year-old-daughter Camila and other family remember inside movie reel style frames.

Dancing followed up the cake reveal, as well as more drinking and photos with friends. The couple even got a special performance of "Adventures in Loving You" by the Grammy-winning Oboe Bermudez.

This isn't the first time Galavis has praised People for their coverage of his relationship. Earlier this month he gave credit to the publication for getting the details right on the false claims that he and Ferrell were heading towards a split.

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