Tara Conner was born on December 18, 1985, 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.

Apart from her role as Miss USA, Conner has been employed as a model and waitress. Conner was a featured model on the HDNet series Bikini Destinations in 2004, posing for the cameras in Lake Tahoe.

Miss USA Was Too Naughty

On December 14, 2006 controversy erupted when TMZ.com published an article stating that Conner might be dethroned for unacceptable behavior in several New York City bars. According to a report, sources told TMZ.com that Conner is "out of control".

Executives of Miss USA pageant--Donald J. Trump and its broadcaster NBC-- stated that he will make a decision based on Tara Conner's behaviour.

According to the latest reports from the media, Trump said one thing and did another, as the Miss is already out of Trump Place and on her way home.

Along with the news that Conner is no longer living in the place that was especially designed to accommodate official beauty queens comes the rumor that she has been asked by the pageant committee to submit herself to drug tests and undergo rehab. Sources describe her as a young girl out of control, who had sex to feed off her addictions and who, quote, 'makes Paris Hilton look like a baby'.

If Tara is stripped of her title, she will be the first Miss USA to lose her title since Mary Leona Gage in 1957.