Tara Conner

Tara Conner is a beauty pageant titleholder and model who won the titles of Miss USA 2006 and Miss Kentucky USA 2006. In late 2006, the beauty queen became involved in a scandal when news reports claimed she had been drinking and had tested positive for cocaine use. Though Conner was considered for dethronement, she was allowed to keep her title and entered a drug rehabilitation program.People: Miss USA Tara Conner Admits to Cocaine Use (January 31, 2007)

Conner, who claims to have been sober for the past two years, appeared on the MTV reality show Girls of Hedsor Hall in February of 2009 as a mentor. Connor states in an interview with Fox News' Pop Tarts in April of 2009 that she used her negative past experiences to help struggling girls on the reality show and that she has "no regrets at all" and "wouldn't change a thing." She is now said to be focusing her energy on a singing career.Fox News: Former 'Mess USA' Tara Conner Faces Her Demons Again (April 24, 2009)

Upon leaving rehab, Conner admitted to abusing cocaine and anti-depressants and expressed that her problems stemmed from childhood abuse. In 2008, Conner announced that she was writing a book about her life as Miss USA and her struggles with drugs and alcohol.