{"id":3283,"date":"2023-10-02T10:50:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T10:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=3283"},"modified":"2023-10-02T10:50:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T10:50:43","slug":"hostage-negotiator-makes-history-as-first-law-enforcement-officer-to-compete-in-miss-usa-pageant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=3283","title":{"rendered":"Hostage negotiator makes history as first law enforcement officer to compete in Miss USA pageant"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the Miss USA contestants walk out onto the stage September 29, history will be made as the first law enforcement officer competes for the top prize at the pageant.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Candace Kanavel, the self-proclaimed beauty queen by day and police officer by night, will represent Arizona, Friday, according to a press release from the\u00a0Tempe Police Department<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Hostage negotiator to Miss Arizona USA<\/h2>\n

While at the surface the two jobs appear nothing alike, Kanavel says they\u2019re actually very similar.<\/p>\n

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The 27-year-old, who works as a hostage negotiator on the SWAT team, has said the skills she learned to become an officer have come in handy when competing in pageants.<\/p>\n

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\u201cA lot of the qualities that I have to have as an officer translate directly to my role as Miss Arizona USA and vice versa. I have to be a really good communicator. I have to be a leader. I have to be able to be flexible with whatever\u2019s going on and work through different situations,\u201d she told\u00a0KNXV<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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