Before she was “The Bachelorette,” she was a Wisconsin Badger.
That’s right, Jenn Tran — the show’s first Asian American lead — is a University of Wisconsin-Madison alum.
Tran — a physician assistant student from Miami — made it to the top six on this past season of “The Bachelor” with Joey Graziadei, who also happens to have ties to the Cheese State. Tran was eliminated in Episode 7, right before hometown visits.
During Monday night’s “Bachelor” Season 28 finale, twenty-six-year-old Tran was announced as the next “Bachelorette” lead.
Who is Jenn Tran?
According to a press release from ABC, “Tran is a sweet and compassionate woman who has dedicated her life to helping others and is currently studying to become a physician assistant. … When she’s not studying, Tran loves reading, paddleboarding and traveling whenever she has the chance,” USA Today reported.
“Honestly, I feel like just yesterday I was literally in the emergency room in my scrubs, working,” Tran told host Jesse Palmer on Monday night’s finale. “And, here I am in stilettos in this little gown or whatever.”
She told Palmer that she feels “so so grateful and so honored” to be the franchise’s first Asian American “Bachelorette.”
“Growing up, I’ve always wanted to see Asian representation on TV,” Tran said on the show. “And I feel like it was really sparse. Any time Asians were in the media, it was to fill a supporting character role, to fulfill some sort of stereotype, and I always felt really boxed in by that because I was like, ‘I don’t see myself on screen. I don’t see myself as a main character.'”
She continued, “And now to be here today standing in this position 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.”
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