Kadance Fredericksen. Kadance Frederickson/Instagram
Kadance Fredericksen, a Miss Florida Teen USA contestant, died in a automotive crash simply “three minutes from dwelling,” says her mom, Lisa Fredericksen.
Lisa, 48, spoke with People for a narrative printed on Wednesday, February 19, two days after Kadance’s dying on the age of 18. The teenager was driving in Santa Rosa County on Monday, February 17, when her automotive went over the middle line and crashed head-on right into a tractor-trailer. Kadance was pronounced useless on the scene.
“She was actually three minutes from dwelling,” Lisa advised the outlet, including, “I don’t know what occurred.”
Neither did the Florida Freeway Patrol once they filed their report on Monday’s crash, stating that Kadance’s car had crossed into the alternative lane “for causes unknown.” An investigation into the tragedy continues.
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Lisa adopted Kadance seven years in the past; her daughter had been abused earlier in her childhood. In 2024, Kadance was a finalist for the Miss Florida Teen USA title and was additionally topped Miss Okaloosa County Teen USA.
“She got here dwelling someday and she or he stated, ‘Mama, can I do a magnificence pageant?’ “And I stated, ‘Effectively, yeah, however should you do a magnificence pageant, you must speak in entrance of individuals,’ as a result of she nonetheless didn’t speak an entire lot,” Lisa stated in her Folks interview, including, “And he or she did it. She purchased the ugliest costume she may discover as a result of she simply needed to be like a princess. She didn’t win a factor. However she was hooked.”
Kadance had raised greater than $25,000 for the Ronald McDonald Home since volunteering on the charity beginning in 2017. That 12 months, she based Kada’s Promise, which supplies teddy bears and blankets to youngsters in foster care, homeless shelters, abuse shelters and hospitals.
“Throughout many darkish instances in my early childhood, the one factor that I may name my very own or that made me really feel secure was a single teddy bear that I acquired as a present,” Kadance defined in a message on the group’s web site. “I carried him with me from home to deal with, sofa to sofa and clutched him tightly within the scariest instances. It’s from these recollections that Kada’s Promise was born.”
In line with Lisa, Kadance was the “most kindhearted” individual and “solely needed everyone to be glad.” Her purpose was to develop into a veterinarian. The day earlier than she died, she had been awarded a full-ride scholarship at Mississippi State College, one in every of 9 schools that had accepted her as a scholar.
“Our pageant neighborhood has misplaced an attractive soul — one who was a real gentle on this world,” Kadance’s Miss Florida and Teen Florida USA Household said in a statement Tuesday.
“She was formidable, pushed, sort, and a frontrunner amongst her pageant sisters,” they continued. “Our ideas and prayers are together with her household, mates, and all who’re mourning this devastating loss. Might we honor her reminiscence by carrying ahead the sunshine she so effortlessly shared with the world and our Florida pageant neighborhood.”
