The 18-year-old Miss Teen USA pageant competitor killed in a head-on car crash on a Florida highway this week had veered into oncoming traffic — and died mere minutes from home days after nabbing a $40,

Kadance Fredericksen, an 18-year-old pageant contestant, had big plans for the future, according to her mom. Sadly, her life was cut short when she died in a car crash in Florida earlier this week.

Family and friends are mourning the loss of a teen pageant contestant who was killed in a tragic car crash in Florida.

An 18-year-old Miss Teen USA pageant competitor who overcame all odds — including childhood homelessness and an abusive mother — to start her own charity organization tragically died in a car crash on a Florida highway Monday.

An 18-year-old beauty pageant queen who founded a child advocacy program after surviving abuse herself died in a head-on crash in Florida. “In the pageant world there are a lot of sequins, glitter and sparkles,” Miss Okaloosa County LLC shared. “ Kadance Fredericksen did not need those.”

Why a Florida beauty queen's vehicle crossed the center line and crashed head-on into an 18-wheeler remains a mystery.

Kadance Fredericksen, Miss Okaloosa County Teen USA, was involved in a collision with a tractor-trailer on Monday, Feb. 17, per reports