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Tara Elizabeth Conner (born 1986) is a beauty queen who is Miss USA 2006 and has also competed at Miss Teen USA.
Conner's first pageant experience came in 2001 when she won the Miss Kentucky Teen USA crown. In August 2002 she went on to compete in the Miss Teen USA pageant held in South Padre Island, Texas and placed second runner-up to Vanessa Semrow of Wisconsin. Conner's placement equalled that of Kristen Johnson, as the second highest by any delegate representing that state.
Conner returned to pageantry in November 2005 when she won the Miss Kentucky USA crown, incidentally from former Kentucky Teen and Miss titleholder Johnson. In March she travelled to Los Angeles to tape a special episode of Deal or No Deal which featured twenty five of the Miss USA 2006 delegates and reigning queen Chelsea Cooley. The special aired in April 2006.
Conner represented Kentucky during the nationally televised Miss USA 2006 pageant in Baltimore, Maryland on April 21, 2006 and became the first women from that state to win the Miss USA crown. She was crowned by previous Miss USA Chelsea Cooley, who is from North Carolina. By winning the Miss USA crown, Conner proved that height is no issue. She is only 5'5" tall, which is relatively petite in beauty pageant terms.
Conner graduated from Russell County High School in 2004 and is currently studying toward a degree in Business Administration from Somerset Community College. Apart from her studies she is employed as a model and waitress. She is originally from Russell Springs, Kentucky but will spend her reign New York City. She is expected to represent the United States at the Miss Universe 2006 pageant on July 23, 2006 in Los Angeles, California.
Year in the Life of Miss USA
Immediately following her pageant win, Conner moved into a Trump Tower apartment that she will share with Miss Universe and Miss Teen USA during her reign. Her first week in New York was a frenzy of media events, which included print interviews and spots on CNN Headline News, Live! With Regis and Kelly, The Early Show.
On 29 April Conner returned to Baltimore to make appearances connected with the Volvo Ocean Race and then returned to New York, appearing with Miss Universe 2005 Natalie Glebova at the Invest in Our World Benefit on May 3.
In the first week of May she briefly returned to Kentucky and was a celebrity guest at the Mint Jubilee Gala benefitting the James Graham Brown Cancer Center. She attended the event with fellow national titleholder Jennifer Berry, Miss America 2006 (of Oklahoma) and former Miss Kentucky USAs Lizzie Arnold and Kristen Johnson, as well as other notable beauty queens.
As of July 8th 2006, Tara is currently located in Los Angeles,California representing the United States of America in the Miss Universe Pageant as 'MISS USA'. She currently shares a hotel room with Miss Trinidad & Tobago, Kenisha Thom.
References
- Miss Kentucky Crowned Miss USA, Washington Post, 22 April 2006 (accessed 1 May 2006)
- Pageant brings glamor to city - and a crown for Kentuckian, Baltimore Sun-Times, 22 April 2006 (accessed 1 May 2006)
- Miss USA's hometown abuzz, Lexington Herald-Leader, 27 April 2006 (accessed 5 May 2006)
- Listen to Miss USA, Courier Journal (Louisville, Kentucky), 28 April 2006 (accessed 1 May 2006)
External links
- Official Miss Kentucky USA website
- Miss USA Official Profile
- Missosology's Miss USA Special
- TFTJ Profile
- Pageant Gossip Profile
Miss Universe 2006 delegates | Miss USA 2006 Delegates | Miss USA winners | Miss Teen USA delegates
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