Kandice Pelletier

Pageant titleholder bio
title=Miss New York 2005
nationalcompetition=Miss America 2006
location= Marietta, Georgia
birthname= Kandice Pelletier
eye color= Blue
height=height|ft=5|in=9
hair color= Blonde
nationality= American
ethnicity= White/Caucasian

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". [cite web|url=http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race11/bios/bio11.shtml|title=Amazing Race 11 profile|publisher=CBS.com]

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. [http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2001_02/fulltext/sr629.htm A Resolution Congratulating Kandice Pelletier, Miss Cobb County 2002; and for other purposes] . Georgia General Assembly Senate Resolution 629. Retrieved 2007-02-12.] Though she never graduated KSU she moved to New York City to study for an entertainment communications degree at New York University. [cite web|url=http://www.missamerica.org/competition-info/national-contestants.asp?state=New+York&year=2005&contestantName=&GO=GO%21|title=Kandice Pelletier official profile|publisher=Miss America Organization|accessdate=2007-02-12] While in New York Pelletier worked as a Radio City Rockette and appeared in the movie-musical remake of "The Producers" as a member of the dancing chorus.cite web|url="http://imdb.com/title/tt0395251/fullcredits#cast|title=Producers film cast information on IMDB.com] Due to Rockette and Amazing Race conflicts, Kandice never attended class at NYU. Her professional ambition is to be "the next Kelly Ripa".cite news|title=Would America Miss Miss America? |url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/WolfFiles/story?id=1162837|publisher=ABC News|date=2005-09-20|accessdate=2007-02-12|first=Buck|last=Wolf] After the Amazing Race: All Stars, she hit the books and finally graduated from NYU.

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.cite news|url=http://www.sundaypaper.com/AE/Arts/ArtsArchives/tabid/219/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/756/111305ArtsMariettasKandicePelletiergetsakickoutofbeingaRockette.aspx|title=Marietta's Kandice Pelletier gets a kick out of being a Rockette|publisher=The Sunday Paper|date=2005-11-03|accessdate=2007-02-12|first=Robert|last=Nebel] 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. [cite news|url=http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:0ISKssurwPMJ:www.news-gazette.com/localnews/story.cfm%3FNumber%3D14455+%22kandice+pelletier%22+%22miss+new+york%22+-race&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=35&gl=nz|title=The Sweetheart of Sweetcorn|publisher=The News Gazette|first=Pat|last=Phillip|date=2003-09-01|accessdate=2007-02-12 (Google cache)] [cite news|url=http://www.thehoopestonchronicle.com/articles/2004/09/02/news/anews04.txt|title=Sweetheart Pageant stepping stone to Miss America pageant|publisher=The Hoopeston Chronicle|date=2004-09-02|accessdate=2007-02-12]

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. [cite web|url=http://www.missgeorgiausa.com/2007gausacontestants.html|title=Miss Georgia USA 2007 Contestants|publisher=Greenwood Productions|accessdate=2007-02-18] [cite web|url=http://www.misscapitalcity.org/results.htm|title=Miss Capital City 2007 Results|accessdate=2007-02-18] She also competed in the 2007 Miss Georgia Pageant as Miss Southern Rivers where she was a top 10 finalist.

"The Amazing Race"

The Amazing Race contestant
name = Kandice Pelletier
bgcolour =
birthdate =
location = New York City
season = Season 10 and
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. [cite web|url=http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race10/bios/dustin_kandice.shtml|title=Amazing Race 10 profile|publisher=CBS.com] 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. Konzelman and Pelletier currently hold several records for "The Amazing Race": in addition to being the highest-ranked female team ever, they have also won the most legs and have the highest overall ranking average.

MTV Made

Kandice appeared at 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. [cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1595643&vid=283824|title=MTV Made webpage|publisher=mtv.com]

Personal Life

She got engaged to her boyfriend on Valentine's Day 2007.

References

External links

* [http://www.pageant.com/kandicepelletier Pageant News Bureau profile]
* [http://amazingracewiki.cbs.com/page/Dustin+and+Kandice/ Kandice Pelletier - Amazing Race Wiki]
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