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Why is Tara Conner an infamous hottie?
From Wikipedia.com Tara Elizabeth Conner (born on 18 December 1985 in Dallas, Texas )[1] is a beauty queen who is Miss USA 2006 and has also competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe pageants. Apart from her role as Miss USA, Conner has been employed as a model and waitress. She was a featured model on the HDNet series Bikini Destinations in 2004, posing for the cameras in Lake Tahoe. She has held the titles Miss Kentucky Teen USA 2002, Miss Kentucky USA 2006 and Miss USA 2006. In late 2006, Conner became the center of a public scandal when news reports claim she had been drinking underage , tested positive for the use of cocaine , and kissed Miss Teen USA Katie Blair in public, among other things.[2] She was allowed to retain her title and entered a drug rehabilitation program. Early life After she was born in Dallas, Texas , Conner's family moved to Russell Springs, Kentucky when she was six weeks old.[1] Conner graduated from Russell County High School in 2004 and at the time of her Miss USA win was studying toward a degree in Business Administration from Somerset Community College .[3] Following her success in the Miss Teen USA pageant Conner was managed by agent Steve Rosenberg for six months and has modelled for companies such as Body G Conner's first pageant experience came in 2001 when she won the Miss Kentucky Teen USA title. In August 2002 , she went on to compete in the Miss Teen USA pageant held in South Padre Island, Texas . After making the first cut, Conner achieved the highest swimsuit score (9.18) among the 10 semi-finalists and had the fifth highest evening gown score (8.79).[5] The average of these two scores placed her second overall after these two phases of competition.[5] She eventually placed second runner-up to Vanessa Semrow of Wisconsin .[6] Conner's placement equaled that of Kristen Johnson as the second highest by any delegate representing Kentucky at the pageant On December 14 2006 , controversy erupted when TMZ.com published an article stating that Conner might be dethroned for her behavior in several New York City bars .[18] The following day the website reported that Conner would be stripped of her crown, and that first runner-up Tamiko Nash , who completed her reign as Miss California USA October , would inherit the Miss USA title.[19] This was neither confirmed nor denied by the Miss Universe Organization. The 16 December 2006 edition of the New York Daily News reported Conner had tested positive for cocaine , had kissed Miss Teen USA Katie Blair in public, and had sneaked men into their Trump Place apartment. One New York City nightlife veteran said "She really is a small-town girl. She just went wild when she came to the city. Tara just couldn't handle herself. They were sneaking those nightclub guys in and out of the apartment."[20] According to Fox News , citing local New York newspapers, Conner "moved out of her apartment in one of Trump's luxury buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side" sometime during the week of 11 December 2006 . On 19 December 2006 , Trump held a press conference saying that Conner was not dethroned as Miss USA. "I've always been a believer in second chances," Trump said.[21] Had Conner been dethroned, she would have been the first Miss USA to have her title removed since Mary Leona Gage in 1957 . It was also announced that Conner would be entering the Caron Foundation, an alcoholism rehabilitation facility in Pennsylvania .[22] During the press conference Conner declined to comment on allegations of illicit drug use and claimed she was not an alcoholic but acknowledged making serious mistakes. After coming out of rehab less than two months later in February 2007 , Conner admitted in an interview with Matt Lauer that she had abused cocaine and anti-depressants.[23][24] Conner says that she had faced her "demons" and hinted her problems may have stemmed from some unspecified abuse during her childhood with someone she recently confronted. She would not comment on whether this abuse was sexual. "I will not deny that I have witnessed some abuse, but out of respect for my family ... it's something I would like to speak with my family about first," Conner told NBC television's "Today" show. "Later on, maybe I'll feel more comfortable about speaking on these topics, but right now not so much."[25] She also participated in an interview on Larry King Live . Two days after Conner was allowed to keep her title, Miss Nevada USA Katie Rees was fired after racy photos surfaced of her kissing other young women, exposing one of her breasts, simulating oral sex, and pulling down her pants to show her thong underwear at a party in Tampa, Florida .[26] Rees later claimed that she was unfairly treated by Donald Trump and that she should have received a second chance like Conner. In January 2007, Access Hollywood reported that Donald Trump was considering an offer from Playboy to have Conner appear on the cover of the magazine, although the idea was later dropped.[27] It was later announced that Conner had been cast as Roxie Hart in the Broadway musical Chicago , although this was also dropped as the director believed that Conner was not up to the demands of the role |
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