Kandice Pelletier
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| Kandice Pelletier Beauty pageant titleholder |
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| Birth name: | Kandice Pelletier |
| Birth location: | Marietta, Georgia |
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Eye color: | Blue |
| Hair color: | Blonde |
| Ethnicity: | White/Caucasian |
| Title(s): | Miss New York 2005 |
| Major Competition(s): | Miss America 2006 |
Kandice Pelletier {born 1981} is a beauty queen from Marietta, Georgia who has competed in the Miss America pageant and on two series of the reality television show The Amazing Race.[1]
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[edit] Education
Pelletier graduated with honors from North Cobb High School in 2000 and went on to attempt a major in communications at Kennesaw State University.[2] Though she never graduated KSU she moved to New York City to study for an entertainment communications degree at New York University.[3] While in New York Pelletier worked as a Radio City Rockette[4] and appeared in the movie-musical remake of The Producers as a member of the dancing chorus.[5] Due to Rockette and Amazing Race conflicts, Kandice never attended class at NYU. Her professional ambition is to be "the next Kelly Ripa".[6] After the Amazing Race: All Stars, she hit the books and finally graduated from NYU.
[edit] Pageantry
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.[4] She returned as Miss Coastal Georgia the following year and placed first runner-up. Representing Georgia, Pelletier went on to win the Miss National Sweetheart pageant for Miss America state runners-up in 2003.[7][8]
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 Miss 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.
Pelletier's sister Kendra Pelletier is also involved in pageantry. She placed in the top fifteen at the Miss Georgia USA 2007 pageant won by Brittany Swann and 2nd runnerup in the Miss Capital City 2007 pageant in the Miss Georgia system.[9][10] She also competed in the 2007 Miss Georgia Pageant as Miss Southern Rivers where she was a top 10 finalist.
[edit] The Amazing Race
| The Amazing Race contestant | |
| Kandice Pelletier | |
| Resides | New York City |
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| Season(s) | Season 10 and All Stars |
| Teammate | Dustin-Leigh Konzelman |
| Finish | 4th place (Season 10) 2nd place (All-Stars) |
She appeared on Season 10 with race partner Dustin, who competed at Miss America 2006 as Miss California. After travelling through Asia, Africa and Europe the pair finished in 4th place.[11] They are also the runners up of All-Stars season after travelling through South America, Africa, Poland, Asia, Guam, Hawaii and their final destination in San Francisco.
She got engaged to her boyfriend on Valentine's Day 2007.
[edit] References
- ^ Amazing Race 11 profile. CBS.com.
- ^ A Resolution Congratulating Kandice Pelletier, Miss Cobb County 2002; and for other purposes. Georgia General Assembly Senate Resolution 629. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
- ^ Kandice Pelletier official profile. Miss America Organization. Retrieved on 2007-02-12.
- ^ a b Nebel, Robert. "Marietta's Kandice Pelletier gets a kick out of being a Rockette", The Sunday Paper, 2005-11-03. Retrieved on 2007-02-12.
- ^ ["http://imdb.com/title/tt0395251/fullcredits#cast Producers film cast information on IMDB.com].
- ^ Wolf, Buck. "Would America Miss Miss America?", ABC News, 2005-09-20. Retrieved on 2007-02-12.
- ^ Phillip, Pat. "The Sweetheart of Sweetcorn", The News Gazette, 2003-09-01. Retrieved on 2007-02-12. (Google cache)
- ^ "Sweetheart Pageant stepping stone to Miss America pageant", The Hoopeston Chronicle, 2004-09-02. Retrieved on 2007-02-12.
- ^ Miss Georgia USA 2007 Contestants. Greenwood Productions. Retrieved on 2007-02-18.
- ^ Miss Capital City 2007 Results. Retrieved on 2007-02-18.
- ^ Amazing Race 10 profile. CBS.com.
[edit] External links
- Pageant News Bureau profile
- Kandice Pelletier - Amazing Race Wiki
- Kandice Pelletier at the Internet Movie Database
| Preceded by Christina Ellington |
Miss New York 2005 |
Succeeded by Bethlene Pancoast |
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