History Is Made: Welcome the First Asian American ‘Bachelorette’

The studio audience was already pumped all the way to the ceiling by the end of Joey Graziadei’s fantastic Bachelor finale, and then, the night got even better when host Jesse Palmer and former Bachelorette Charity Lawson announced that the next season of The Bachelorette will make history for ABC.

Jennifer “Jenn” Tran, a 25-year-old physician assistant student from Miami and fan favorite from Joey’s season, will become the franchise’s first Asian American lead.

On stage beside Palmer, Charity amped up the crowd. “Our next Bacehlorette is someone who is intelligent,” she said. “She’s witty, she’s fun, and she’s super kind. Personally, I want to see a lot more of her, and I can only hope that out of this experience that she’s getting ready to embark on that she really does find true love, like I did with Dotun [Olubeko].”

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