The Miss America pageant celebrated its 100th anniversary in December 2021. There were dozens of deserving contenders, but the crown could only go to one pageant queen. In the end, Miss Alaska emerged victorious.
Emma Broyles will make her customary appearance at the 96th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, November 24. Fans are clamouring to learn more about her as her reign draws to a close.
Emma was reared by her parents in Alaska together with her two brothers after being born in the state’s capital. Who then are her parents? And what race is she? Find out by reading on!
Who are Emma Broyle’s parents?
Julie and Ron Broyles gave birth to Emma and her brothers Brendan and Benjamin.
According to a blog entry on Alaskan Senator Dan Sullivan’s website, Emma’s mother and father were also both born in Anchorage, Alaska, just like Miss America herself. Emma has spoken out about her mom’s history, despite the fact that the specifics of her dad’s side of the family remain unknown. So what ethnicity is Emma? See more below!
What’s Emma Broyle’s ethnicity?
Emma made history in 2021 when she became the first person of Korean origin to be crowned Miss America. Myung “Sarah” Kim and Boo Yul “Paul” Kim, her maternal grandparents, immigrated to the country more than 50 years ago.
She struggled throughout her upbringing to embrace her ancestry as a second-generation Korean American. Emma acknowledged in a prior interview with the Anchorage Daily News that she took considerable pains to “appear more white.”
She admitted to the outlet that she “never really felt like I saw anybody who looked like me” and that she despised being Korean.
Speaking about it is embarrassing, right? It’s difficult to admit, I know. Nobody wants to admit in this day and age that they wish they were white. That sounds ridiculous. But it’s absolutely true.
She didn’t modify her viewpoint till she was in high school. Emma recalled feeling like she could truly embrace her culture and be herself after meeting a group of Korean American classmates.
She takes pleasure in her Korean heritage nowadays.
“My grandparents came to America about 50 years ago — right before my mom was born — with this idea that they wanted their kids to be able to live that American Dream and have every opportunity possible,” she said in a separate interview with ADN.
It appears that their dream was realised thanks to Emma! The title of Miss America was also “a really cool win” for her grandparents, she continued.
From 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, watch Emma at the 96th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC or the Peacock app.
