Biography
Tara Elizabeth Conner (born December 18, 1985), known professionally as Tara Conner, is an American model, television personality, and beauty pageant titleholder. She is the titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 2006. She is also the first Miss USA to be stripped of her title in over twenty years.
Tara Conner was born in Dallas, Texas and grew up in rural Kentucky. She began her modeling career at the age of thirteen and won several modeling competitions. After graduating from high school, she moved to New York City to pursue a modeling and acting career.
In 2006, Tara Conner won the Miss USA title, but her reign was marred by controversy after it was revealed that she had failed a drug test and had been drinking underage. She publicly apologized, entered rehab, and was allowed to keep her title.
American model
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| Full name: | Tara Elizabeth Conner |
| Stage name: | Tara Conner |
| Born: | December 18, 1985 (age 38) |
| Place of birth: | Dallas, Texas, United States |
| Nationality: | American |
| Height: | 1.65 meters |
| Parents: | John Conner, Brenda Conner |
| Siblings: | Josh Conner |
| Husband • Spouse: | Eli James (married 2018) |
| Boyfriend • Partner: | Ryan Seacrest (2008), Damien Fahey (2006), Mike Satsky (2006), Travis Barker (2006-2008), Katie Blair (2006-2008), Barry Mullineaux (2006), Steve Waldstein (2006) |
| The children: | Do not have |
| Job: | Model • TV Personality |
| Net worth: | 4 million dollars |
Early life and education
Tara Conner was born on December 18, 1985, in Dallas, Texas, United States. She is the daughter of Brenda Conner, a Fruit of the Loom employee, and John Conner. Josh Conner, her only sibling, was born in 1984. When she was six weeks old, her family moved to Russell Springs, Kentucky.
Tara Conner revealed that she started using drugs at age 14 after her parents divorced and her grandfather died. She graduated from Russell County High School in 2004 and was studying business administration at Somerset Community College at the time she won the Miss USA pageant.
Tara Conner was represented by Steve Rosenberg’s management company for six months after winning the Miss Teen USA pageant and modeling for companies like Body Glove.
Personal life
Tara Conner and Eli James got married four years ago after getting engaged the year before. The happy couple have enjoyed married life and spent their days exploring all that life has to offer.
They are the perfect example of a couple who knows how to make a marriage work. They are always willing to try new things and support each other, no matter what.
Tara Conner and Eli James are two people destined to be together and are living proof that marriage can be beautiful.
Tara Conner has dated Ryan Seacrest (2008), Damien Fahey (2006), and Mike Satsky (2006). She is rumored to have dated Travis Barker (2006–2008), Katie Blair (2006–2008), Barry Mullineaux (2006), and Steve Waldstein (2006).
Career
Tara Conner was crowned Miss Kentucky Teen USA in 2001. She competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant in South Padre Island, Texas, in August 2002. She received the highest score in swimsuit (9.18) among the 10 semifinalists and the fifth highest score in evening gown after qualifying first (8.79).
After these two rounds, her average score placed her in second place overall. Tara Conner ultimately finished second behind Wisconsin’s Vanessa Semrow. Her ranking was tied with Kristen Johnson, who placed second among Kentucky delegates at the pageant.
Tara Conner returned to pageantry in November 2005, when she was crowned Miss Kentucky USA by Kristen Johnson, former Miss Kentucky Teen USA 2000 and Miss Kentucky USA 2005.
She is the third teenage beauty to win the Miss Kentucky USA title, including Kristen Johnson and Elizabeth Arnold, who held the teen title in 1998, and is the older sister of Tara Conner, who won the Miss Kentucky USA title in 2002.
In March 2006, while still Miss Kentucky USA, Tara Conner traveled to Los Angeles to film a special episode of Deal or No Deal featuring twenty-five Miss USA 2006 delegates and reigning Miss USA Chelsea Cooley. The special aired in April 2006.
On April 21, 2006, Tara Conner represented Kentucky in the nationally televised Miss USA 2006 pageant in Baltimore, Maryland. She became the 18th woman to place in both the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA pageants after reaching the semi-finals.
She participated in the official BSC Swimwear Thailand swimsuit competition, placing in the top 10, and then went on to compete in the evening gown competition, wearing a specially designed gown by Sherri Hill. Tara Conner advanced to the final interview round after placing in the top 5.
Before the winner was announced, Tara Conner and first runner-up Tamiko Nash shared a long hug while whispering to Tamiko Nash. An E! special later revealed that, believing Tamiko Nash had won, she wished her luck in her tenure as Miss USA and in competing in the Miss Universe pageant.
Net worth
Tara Conner has an estimated net worth of $4 million. She rose to fame after winning the Miss USA pageant in 2006 and went on to compete in the Miss Universe pageant that same year.
Since then, she has appeared in magazines such as Maxim, Playboy and Vanity Fair and has also modeled for companies such as L’Oreal and Walkers.
Social media
- Instagram Name: @Taraconner
- Twitter Username: @Taraeconner
