An 18-year-old beauty pageant queen who overcame childhood struggles including homelessness and an abusive mother was killed in a car crash with a tractor-trailer in Florida. Kadance Fredericksen ...

The "BELLAKEO" singer "loved to study" and dreaded the move — until she found out there was a beauty pageant happening where the winner earned a scholarship. "I don't believe in coincidences ...

Kadance Fredericksen/Instagram A Miss Teen USA pageant queen and celebrated up-and-coming humanitarian died this week in a car crash in Florida, according to her family and multiple news outlets.

UPDATE (2:30 p.m.): A vigil has been announced for Kadance Fredericksen — an 18-year-old pageant queen who was killed in a crash Monday. The candlelight vigil will be held Wednesday at the Baker ...

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Fredericksen was finishing her senior year at the Baker School. She was also a pageant queen, most recently titled "Miss Okaloosa County teen USA for 2025." Fellow pageant queens say she had an ...

The 29-year-old was announced as a finalist in the Miss Universe GB pageant on International Women's Day, having previously held the Miss England’s Hertfordshire title in 2021. “I’m putting ...

A transgender woman is controversially set to take the stage at this year's Miss Georgia USA pageant. Bella Bautista, 22, a former winner of Miss Buckhead USA 2022, will become the first-ever ...

An 18-year-old beauty pageant queen tragically died in a horror car crash on a Florida highway. Kadance Fredericksen, a former winner of Miss Okaloosa County Teen USA from Baker, Florida ...

Kadance Fredericksen competed in various pageants and received a $40,000 college scholarship before being killed in a crash (Pictures: Instagram/@kadancefred) A former teenage beauty pageant queen ...