Kandice Pelletier
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Born |
Kandice Pelletier November 21, 1981 Lubbock, Texas |
|---|---|
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Hair color | Blonde |
| Eye color | Blue |
| Title(s) | National Sweetheart 2003, Miss New York 2005 |
| Major competition(s) |
Miss America 2006 |
Kandice Pelletier (born November 21, 1981) is a beauty queen and swimwear designer from Marietta, Georgia who has competed in the Miss America pageant and on two series of the reality television show The Amazing Race. She is the president of Kandice Pelletier Swimwear.
Pelletier graduated with honors from North Cobb High School in 2000 and went on to attempt a major in communications at Kennesaw State University. Though she never graduated KSU she moved to New York City to pursue a dance career and earned a degree in entertainment communications degree at New York University.
While in New York, Pelletier worked as a Radio City Music Hall Rockette and was immortalized into the Rockette wax figure at Madame Tussauds Time's Square location. Pelletier later appeared in the movie-musical remake of The Producers as a member of the dancing chorus ("a girl with the pearls") . Kandice appeared as the 'coach' on MTV's reality television series MADE in the episode entitled "Beauty Queen". It was episode 23 of season nine of the program.
Pelletier competed in her first Miss America state pageant in 2002 when she was a quarter-finalist in the Miss Georgia pageant as Miss Cobb County. She returned as Miss Coastal Georgia the following year and placed first runner-up. Representing Georgia, Pelletier went on to win the National Sweetheart pageant for Miss America state runners-up in 2003.
After moving to New York to attend New York University, Pelletier competed as Miss Manhattan in the Miss New York pageant and placed first runner-up to Christina Ellington, who she had competed against at National Sweetheart. The following year she won the Miss New York 2005 title, after winning the Miss Greater New York City local pageant. In 2005, Pelletier was also a double state preliminary winner, with awards for swimsuit and talent.
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