Jenn Tran is your new Bachelorette. During Joey Graziadei‘s season finale of The Bachelor, Charity Lawson and Jesse Palmer announced the physician assistant student as the leading lady for season 21 of The Bachelorette.
The 26-year-old Miami local burst onto the scene on Joey’s season of The Bachelor, and quickly became a fan favorite.
“I’m overwhelmed. It’s crazy. It feels so surreal to be sitting here,” she said of landing the Bachelorette role. “Honestly, I feel like just yesterday I was literally in the emergency room, in my scrubs, working, and now here I am in stilettos, in this little gown.”
Jenn’s casting as the latest Bachelorette makes her the first-ever Asian lead for the show, something that means a lot to her.
“It’s honestly incredible,” she said. “I feel so, so grateful and so honored to be the first Asian Bachelorette in this franchise. Growing up, I always wanted to see Asian representation on TV. I feel like it was really sparse. Anytime Asians were in the media, it was to fill a supporting character role, to fulfill some sort of stereotype.”
“I always felt boxed in by that, because I was like, ‘I don’t see myself on screen. I don’t see myself as a main character,'” Jenn continued. “Now, to be here today sitting in this position, and being like, I am going to lead my own love story, I am going to be the main character in my story, I just can’t help but think about how many people I’m inspiring and how many lives I am changing.”
Read on for everything you need to know about Jenn Tran.
What happened with Joey?
When Jenn arrived to Bachelor Mansion, she was “blown away” by Joey, a feeling that only grew when they went on a one-on-one date together.
“I never knew what a happy couple was,” Jenn confessed, before telling Joey that she’s estranged from her dad. “Growing up, my parents’ relationship got really bad. I’d always felt so unwanted by my dad… I definitely went through periods where I thought I was never going to be loved and…
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