Jenn Tran is the latest 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 yo.