Filipino-Dutch-American Candace Kendall won Miss New York 2014

Filipino-Dutch-American Candace Kendall won Miss New York 2014. Candace Kendall whose father is Filipino-Dutch, was also crowned Miss Teen New York in 2006. Candace Kendall is a model

"My father is Dutch and Filipino, my last name Kuykendall is Dutch, but my grandparents were from the Philippines, and I heard a little bit of Tagalog from them but I don't now how to speak it myself," Kendall said.

The Rochester, New York native will represent New York in Donald Trump's Miss USA pageant this summer.If she wins the Miss USA pageant, she will go on to represent the United States at the 2014 Miss Universe competition.The 25-year-old Kendall was a student accounting assistant at the St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York.

After graduating in 2011, she has been working as a professional model.

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