Performing arts While in New York, Pelletier worked as a
Radio City Music Hall Rockette 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.
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. 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. 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 second runner-up in the Miss Capital City 2007 pageant in the
Miss Georgia system. She also competed in the 2007
Miss Georgia Pageant as Miss Southern Rivers where she was a top 10 finalist.
The Amazing Race She appeared on
Season 10 with race partner
Dustin, who competed at Miss America 2006 as
Miss California. After traveling through Asia, Africa and Europe the pair won two legs and ultimately finished in fourth place. They also competed in
All-Stars season after traveling through South America, Africa, Poland, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Guam, Hawaii and their final destination in San Francisco, the pair won four legs before finishing in second place.
Vanity Fair Pelletier appeared alongside
James Gandolfini on the April 2007 cover of
Vanity Fair shot by
Annie Leibovitz.
Swimwear In 2011, Pelletier started a swimwear line, Kandice Pelletier Swimwear, focused on providing swimsuits to pageant contestants. The company previously sponsored over 50 state pageants each year in the
Miss America and
Miss USA systems. The company also served as the official swimwear of the
Miss USA 2014 competition, the
Miss Teen USA 2014 competition, and the
Miss Teen USA 2013 competition. On June 5, 2018, the Miss America competition announced that they would no longer hold a swimsuit competition. Sometime between June 13, 2018 and August 24, 2018, the Kandice Pelletier Swimwear website went offline, and as of 2023, the brand remains inactive. ==Personal life==