The 18-year-old Misteen USA pageant contestant overcame all the odds, including homeless and abusive mothers of childhood, and died tragically in a car accident on a Florida highway on Monday.
The Florida Highway Patrol said on Tuesday that former Miss Okaloosa County Teen USA title winner Kadance Fredericksen was driving her sedan on Highway 4 when she collided head-on with a tractor trailer.
He was killed after a collision with a Florida tractor trailer. Baker School
Fredericksen founded the “Monster Promise.” This is a charitable initiative that provided teddy bears and blankets to foster children, as well as shelter for abuse survivors, hospitals and homeless children. Her compassion won national hearts in 2017, when she first launched the initiative.
In 2019, she said Please wear the news She took inspiration from her own experiences as a homeless and abused child. She was thankfully taken later in her life by her father and adopted mother, helping to pave the way for a career in charity and pageantry.
“In many dark times in my childhood, the only thing I can call myself is the only thing I felt safe was with the single teddy bear I received as a gift I took him from house to house, from sofa to sofa, and held him tightly at the most frightening times. It is from these memories that Kada's promises were born,” Fredericksen said. I wrote it on the promised website.
Throughout her time as Queen of the Pageant, Fredericksen claimed the coveted title of her hometown county. She also competed on many levels, winning Miss Northwest in Northwest Florida in 2017, reaching the Miss Teen Florida tournament last year.
Fredericksen is a senior at Baker School and was scheduled to graduate in the next few months. She also plans to attend college and was awarded a $40,000 scholarship, one week before her untimely death, heading to her school of choice.
Giving a soul was Fredericksen tried to improve the lives of others. In addition to fulfilling Kada's promises, she used the pageantry platform to raise $25,000 for Ronald McDonald House.
“When I was little, I was abused and ignored by my biological mother and stepfather. During that time, I had to call myself, which I received as a gift many years ago. It was just stuffed animals. I've learned that I'm not the only child to experience it because I'm in a safe home with a safe family,” Fredericksen said. WCJB last year.
Authorities are still investigating the cause of the crash. The 56-year-old tractor-trailer driver was not arrested and suffered minor injuries.
