Miss Arizona USA 2023 Candace Kavanel will become the first law enforcement officer to compete in the Miss USA pageant in Nevada Friday.
The 27-year-old, one of Tempe Police Department's SWAT hostage negotiators, was crowned Miss Arizona in May and said the roles share many things in common.
"When I'm in my police uniform, I'm empowered to help people. And when I'm in my sash and crown, I'm empowered to help people," Kanavel, who is Japanese American, said. "And so I'm doing the same job, just in a different uniform." In a photo posted to her Instagram account, Miss Arizona USA, Candace Kanavel, is seen wearing her tiara and sash on the Arizona State University campus.MORE: For the first time, Texas represented by Asian American women in Miss USA and Miss America pageants"I think in society, we get put in boxes a lot and we're confined by that box but I think what my message is to people is that you don't have to be limited to that box," she added.
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