Jenn Tran, who appeared on Joey Graziadei’s season of The Bachelor, will now become the first Asian-American lead on The Bachelorette, E! News reports.
The physician assistant student Jenn Tran, who appeared on Joey Graziadei’s season of The Bachelor before being sent home in week seven, will now get another shot at finding her perfect match as the star of The Bachelorette season 21.
Jenn Tran was announced as the first Asian-American lead of the series on March 25, shortly after Joey’s time as the Bachelor ended with his breakup from Daisy Kent and subsequent engagement to contestant Kelsey Anderson.
Now Jenn, who hails from New Jersey, is “overwhelmed” to become the star of the show.
“It’s crazy. It feels so surreal to be sitting here,” she explained. “I hope I find my person, someone that I truly feel like is 100 percent my perfect match and someone that I’m compatible with. Someone I can have fun and also just like feel like we are each other’s person.”
What else should viewers know about the 26-year-old? “The bilingual Vietnamese beauty currently resides in Miami and is ready to find love with a man who’s as reliable and thoughtful as she is,” ABC announced. “When she’s not studying, Tran loves reading, paddleboarding and traveling whenever she has the chance.”
As for Daisy, she said on the finale that she is “not ready” to look for love on TV just yet. “As great of an experience it was, it was also really, really hard. I’m healthy and I’m happy. I haven’t had those two things in a really long time,” she shared. “And so right now I know it’s a time for me to focus on the things I love and the people I love.”