Kadance Fredericksen, a Miss Florida Teen USA contestant, died in a car crash just “three minutes from home,” says her mother, Lisa Fredericksen. Lisa, 48, spoke with People for a story published on Wednesday,

Kadance Fredericksen, an 18-year-old pageant contestant, had big plans for the future, according to her mom. Sadly, her life was cut short when she died in a car crash in Florida earlier this week.

Family and friends are mourning the loss of a teen pageant contestant who was killed in a tragic car crash in Florida.

Kadance Fredericksen, Miss Okaloosa County Teen USA, was involved in a collision with a tractor-trailer on Monday, Feb. 17, per reports

An 18-year-old beauty pageant queen who founded a child advocacy program after surviving abuse herself died in a head-on crash in Florida. “In the pageant world there are a lot of sequins, glitter and sparkles,” Miss Okaloosa County LLC shared. “ Kadance Fredericksen did not need those.”

An 18-year-old Miss Teen USA pageant competitor who overcame all odds — including childhood homelessness and an abusive mother — to start her own charity organization tragically died in a car crash on a Florida highway Monday.

A Miss Teen USA pageant queen has died at 18 following a car crash in Florida. Kadance Fredericksen, who represented Okaloosa County at the 2024 Miss Florida Teen USA pageant, was killed after her vehicle collided head-on with a tractor trailer in Santa Rosa County around 1:30pm on Monday,

Why a Florida beauty queen's vehicle crossed the center line and crashed head-on into an 18-wheeler remains a mystery.

The 18-year-old Miss Teen USA pageant competitor killed in a head-on car crash on a Florida highway this week had veered into oncoming traffic — and died mere minutes from home days after nabbing a $40,