Tara was Miss U.S.A. 2006 and also competed in the "Miss Teen" USA and "Miss Universe" pageants. Tara Conner was not only a pageant contender but a model. Tara was featured as a model on the "HDNet" series "Bikini Fantasies" in 2004. Her titles are as follows; Miss Kentucky Teen USA 2002, Miss Kentucky County Fair 2004, Miss Kentucky USA 2006 and Miss USA 2006. In 2006, Conner became a public scandal when the media and news reports claimed she was a cocaine addict, drinking, using meth, and heroin. Among the other allegations Tara also was accused of kissing Miss Teen USA Katie Blair. Tara was allowed to keep her title, as long as she entered a drug induced coma for 6 months.