Kadance Fredericksen, a Miss Florida Teen USA contestant, died in a car crash just “three minutes from home,” says her mother ...

An 18-year-old beauty pageant queen who overcame childhood homelessness and an abusive mother was killed in a car crash with ...

A Miss Teen USA pageant queen has died at 18 following a car crash in Florida. Kadance Fredericksen, who represented Okaloosa ...

An 18-year-old beauty pageant queen who founded a child advocacy program after surviving abuse herself died in a head-on ...

Earlier this week, the fatal news broke that has the Miss Florida Teen USA beauty pageant in mourning, as Okaloosa County's representative died after a car accident near her home i ...

Kadance Fredericksen, 18, lost her life on Monday, February 17, while she was driving her sedan down Highway 4 in Baker, a ...

She had the whole world right there in her hands, and she was ready to take it on,” Kadance Fredericksen's mom tells ...

Kadance Fredericksen was open about the abuse and neglect she endured before she was tragically killed on Monday.

News 5 updated this article to include the day of a vigil scheduled to honor Kadance Fredericksen. UPDATE (2/19, 11:30 a.m.): ...