Teen beauty queen died at age 18 after colliding with a tractor-trailer
Teen beauty queen dies in traffic accident at age 18
Kadance Fredericksen, Miss Teen Okaloosa, died after her car collided with a tractor-trailer in Florida on February 17.
According to Fox News, the Florida Highway Patrol said Kadance Fredericksen’s four-seater collided head-on with a tractor-trailer at around 1:30 p.m. on Monday in Baker, Okaloosa County. Kadance died in the tragic accident. The tractor-trailer driver, 56, suffered minor injuries.
Miss Florida Kadance Fredericksen.
The Miss Florida Organization and Miss Teen Florida USA announced the sad news on their official websites: “Our pageant community has lost a beautiful soul who was truly a light in this world. She was ambitious, determined, kind, and a leader among her pageant sisters.”
Kadance Fredericksen competed in many pageants, winning Little Miss Northwest Florida in 2017 and was crowned Miss Teen of Okaloosa County, Florida last year. She then represented the county in Miss Teen Florida.
Kadance has used her beauty platform to raise money for charity. Since 2017, she founded Kada’s Promise, a charity initiative that has collected 12,000 teddy bears and blankets to distribute to abused or traumatized children in foster care. In 2019, the beauty told Wear News that she was inspired by her own experiences as a homeless and abused child. Kadance was later adopted by foster parents, paving the way for her charity and pageant career.
Kadance Fredericksen was a beauty queen, philanthropist and high school senior.
Kadance Fredericksen was a senior at Baker High School, scheduled to graduate in a few months. Just days before her death, the beauty queen received a $40,000 scholarship and was excited about her college dream coming true. She shared her joy on Instagram on February 7.
Baker High School posted on Facebook: “We are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of Kadance Fredericksen, an outstanding student, Baker High School senior and founder of Kada’s Promise. Our hearts go out to her family, friends and all who knew and loved her.” A candlelight vigil was held at the school on the evening of February 19.
