Meet Thomas Nguyen, The Bachelorette’s first Asian-American contestant: The former Olympic swimming hopeful is making a splash on the ABC show, vying for female lead Jenn Tran’s attention

Retirement adviser and former swimmer Thomas Nguyen is the first and only Asian-American contestant on ABC’s popular dating show The Bachelorette . The much anticipated 21st season of the show premiered on July 8 and follows Vietnamese American student Jenn Tran , the first Asian-American woman to front the show. {"@context":"https://schema.

org","@type":"ImageObject","caption":"Thomas Nguyen is one of the stronger contenders on ABC’s latest season of The Bachelorette. Photo: @the_thomaswin/Instagram","url":"https://cdn.i-scmp.

com/sites/default/files/d8/images/canvas/2024/07/19/824d61b8-c2a7-496e-8fd1-18242e2bdbd9_7390c88c.jpg"} Thomas Nguyen is one of the stronger contenders on ABC’s latest season of The Bachelorette. Photo: @the_thomaswin/Instagram The show opened to Tran, 26, being introduced to 25 men, all vying for her attention.

After two episodes, 10 have already been eliminated. Among the 15 remaining contestants, fellow Vietnamese American Thomas Nguyen is proving himself to be a strong contender. Here’s what we know about Nguyen.

His parents immigrated from Vietnam {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"ImageObject","caption":"Thomas Nguyen’s parents immigrated from Vietnam. Photo: @the_thomaswin/Instagram","url":"https://cdn.

i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/d8/images/canvas/2024/07/19/09c191ea-b3b8-4558-8841-372560f19f18_3382ec38.jpg"} Thomas Nguyen’s parents immigrated from Vietnam.

Photo: @the_thomaswin/Instagram During their initial conversations, Ng.