Kandace Gayle Krueger Matthews (born May 27, 1976) is an American journalist, singer, TV Host and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 2001 and represented the USA in the Miss Universe 2001 where she placed 2nd runner-up. She is the daughter of Larry and Barbara Johnson Krueger, and was born and raised in Austin, Texas. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kandace Krueger, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.