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{{Short description|American model and winner of Miss USA 2006}}
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|name                = Tara Conner
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|caption             = Conner as Miss USA 2006
|title               = {{ubl|[[Miss Kentucky Teen USA|Miss Kentucky Teen USA 2002]]|[[Miss Kentucky USA|Miss Kentucky USA 2006]]|[[Miss USA 2006]]}}
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|birth_name          = Tara Elizabeth Conner
|birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1985|12|18}}
|birth_place         = [[Dallas, Texas]], U.S.
|height              = {{height|ft=5|in=5}}
|eye_color           = Brown
|hair_color          = Blonde
}}

'''Tara Elizabeth Conner''' (born December 18, 1985) is an American model, television personality, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned [[Miss USA 2006]] and has also competed in the [[Miss Teen USA]] and [[Miss Universe]] pageants. Apart from her role as Miss USA, Conner has been employed as a model. She was a featured model on the [[AXS TV|HDNet]] series ''Bikini Destinations'' in 2004, posing in Lake Tahoe. She has also held the titles [[Miss Kentucky Teen USA]] 2002, Miss Kentucky County Fair 2004, and [[Miss Kentucky USA]] 2006.

In late 2006, Conner became the center of a public scandal after she was caught drinking [[Legal drinking age|underage]], using [[cocaine]], and kissing Miss Teen USA [[Katie Blair]] at a New York nightclub.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/480614p-404432c.html|title=Queen is way out of line|access-date=October 27, 2007|last=Piazza|first=Jo|publisher=NY Daily News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070128220604/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/480614p-404432c.html|archive-date=January 28, 2007}}</ref> She was allowed to retain her title, provided she enter a [[drug rehabilitation]] program.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kboi2.com/news/local/4961686.html |title=Miss Idaho USA Director Says Trump Made Right Call on Tara Conner &#124; Local & Regional &#124; KBOI 2 – Boise News, Weather, Sports and Breaking News |publisher=KBOI 2 |access-date=August 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307214049/http://www.kboi2.com/news/local/4961686.html |archive-date=March 7, 2012}}</ref> Since then Conner has worked as an advocate against [[Addiction|drug addiction]].

==Early life==
Tara was born in [[Dallas]], Texas to Brenda and John Conner. She has one brother Josh.<ref name="dallas">{{cite news|title=Time line: Tara Conner's rise to Miss USA|publisher=Lexington Herald-Leader|date=March 1, 2007|access-date=March 1, 2007|url=http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/state/16807251.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713145109/http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/state/16807251.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 13, 2011}}</ref> Her family moved to [[Russell Springs, Kentucky]] when she was six weeks old. Tara Conner stated that she started resorting to drugs at the age of 14, when her parents separated from each other and her grandfather died.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gomez|first=Gina|title=Former Miss USA Tara Conner Talks About Her Drug Addiction On "Oprah Winfrey Show"|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/former-miss-usa-tara-conner-talks-about-her-drug-addiction-on-oprah-winfrey-show_100355928.html|publisher=www.thaindian.com|date=April 29, 2010|access-date=May 12, 2011|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113114/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/former-miss-usa-tara-conner-talks-about-her-drug-addiction-on-oprah-winfrey-show_100355928.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> 

Conner graduated from [[Russell County, Kentucky|Russell County]] High School in 2004, and at the time of her Miss USA win was studying for a degree in [[business administration]] from [[Somerset Community College]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Somerset Community College student, Tara Connor, crowned Miss USA|publisher=The Exchange ([[Kentucky Community and Technical College System|KCTCS]])|date=April–May 2006}}</ref>

==Beauty pageants==

===Miss Teen USA 2002===
Conner won the [[Miss Kentucky Teen USA]] title in 2001.  In August 2002, she went on to compete in the Miss Teen USA pageant held in [[South Padre Island, Texas]].  After making the first cut, Conner achieved the highest swimsuit score (9.18) among the 10 semi-finalists and had the fifth highest evening gown score (8.79).<ref name="teenusa">[https://archive.today/20060502055020/http://www.pageant-almanac.com/miss-teen-usa/scorecard.php Miss Teen USA 2002 Scorecard from the Pageant Almanac]. Retrieved December 19, 2006</ref> The average of these two scores placed her second overall after these two phases of competition.<ref name="teenusa"/> She eventually placed second Runner-up to [[Vanessa Marie Semrow|Vanessa Semrow]] of [[Miss Wisconsin Teen USA|Wisconsin]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Miss Teen USA 2002 crown goes to Wisconsin native|date=August 29, 2002|agency=Associated Press}}</ref>

===Miss Kentucky USA 2006===
Conner returned to pageantry in November 2005 when she won the [[Miss Kentucky USA]] crown, and was crowned by former Miss Kentucky Teen USA 2000 and Miss Kentucky USA 2005 Kristen Johnson. She was the third former teen titleholder to win the Miss Kentucky USA title, others being Johnson and Elizabeth Arnold, who held the teen title in 1998 and was Conner's sister titleholder as Miss Kentucky USA 2002.

[[File:ConnerNashTingleyDealorNoDeal.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Conner (left) during the ''[[Deal or No Deal (USA)|Deal or No Deal]]'' taping. Eventual Miss USA first runner-up, Miss California USA [[Tamiko Nash]] is at center; [[Leeann Tingley]], who placed in the top ten, is on the right. This image does not reflect their true heights, as Conner is slightly shorter than Nash.]]

In March 2006, while still Miss Kentucky USA, Conner traveled to Los Angeles to tape a special episode of ''[[Deal or No Deal (USA)|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.

===Miss USA 2006===
Conner represented Kentucky during the nationally televised [[Miss USA 2006]] pageant in [[Baltimore]], Maryland, on April 21, 2006. Making the semi-finals, she became the 18th woman to place at both Miss Teen USA and Miss USA. She competed in the official BSC Swimwear Thailand for the swimsuit competition and made the top ten, where she competed in the evening gown competition, wearing a specially designed gown by Sherri Hill. Conner then made the top five and completed the final interview round. Prior to the announcement of the winner, Conner and her eventual first runner-up [[Tamiko Nash]] shared a long embrace, while Conner whispered to Nash. An E! special later revealed that Conner, believing Nash had won, was wishing her luck for her reign as Miss USA and her participation at Miss Universe. The traditional statement read before the announcement of the new titleholder, which declares that "if, for any reason the new titleholder cannot fulfill her reign, the first Runner-up will take over", later become pertinent following the scandal surrounding Conner in December. Conner eventually won the Miss USA title, the first woman from Kentucky to do so.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/21/AR2006042102165.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/entertainmentnews|title=Miss Kentucky Crowned Miss USA|work=Washington Post|first=Sarah|last=Brumfield|date=April 22, 2006|access-date=December 19, 2006|archive-date=December 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204095034/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/21/AR2006042102165.html?nav=rss_artsandliving%2Fentertainmentnews|url-status=live}}</ref> She was crowned by previous titleholder [[Chelsea Cooley]], from [[Miss North Carolina USA|North Carolina]]. Conner was the fourth former Miss Teen USA state titleholder to win the Miss USA crown since 2000, one of whom was Cooley, who was [[Miss North Carolina Teen USA]] 2000.

===Miss Universe 2006===
Conner represented the United States at the [[Miss Universe 2006]] pageant in Los Angeles on July 23, 2006. Her roommate during the three weeks the delegates spent in Los Angeles was Kenisha Thom of [[Trinidad and Tobago]]. Conner made the initial cut of 20 delegates and went on to compete in the swimsuit competition, and as a member of the top ten, competed in evening gown, wearing a dress designed by [[Kayne Gillaspie]], a contestant on reality television show ''[[Project Runway]]'' Season 3.<ref name="runway">{{cite news|title=Reality show designers create Tara Conner's Miss Universe dress|date=July 20, 2006|publisher=Lexington Herald-Leader |first=Barbara|last=Isaacs}}</ref> After making the top five and competing in a final interview round, Conner was announced as fourth Runner-up. The eventual winner was [[Zuleyka Rivera]] of [[Puerto Rico]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1K1-1357100000022386.html|title=Making Kentucky, U.S. proud: Tara Conner is Fourth Runner-up to Miss Universe|publisher=Lexington Herald-Leader|date=July 24, 2006|access-date=March 10, 2007|first=Barbara|last=Isaacs}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Conner is only the fifth Miss USA to finish fourth Runner-up at [[Miss Universe]].

==Year in the life of Miss USA==
[[File:TaraConnerUSO.jpg|thumb|left|Tara Conner supporting the [[United Service Organizations|USO]] in New York City, October 2006]]
Immediately after winning the pageant, Conner moved into a [[Riverside South, Manhattan|Trump Place]] apartment that she shared with sister titleholders [[Zuleyka Rivera]] ([[Miss Universe]] 2006) and [[Katie Blair]] ([[Miss Teen USA]] 2006) during her reign. Her first week in New York included many media events, which included print interviews and spots on ''[[CNN Headline News]]'', ''[[Live! With Regis and Kelly]]'', and ''[[The Early Show]]''.<ref name="eventschedule"/>

On April 29, 2006, Conner returned to pageant host city Baltimore to make appearances connected with the [[Volvo Ocean Race]], sailing on board the yacht Black Pearl.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bymnews.com/VOR/html/pirate_queen.html|title=Pirate Queen|publisher=BYM News|access-date=July 25, 2006|archive-date=November 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106214111/http://www.bymnews.com/VOR/html/pirate_queen.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and then returned to New York, appearing with [[Miss Universe 2005]] [[Natalie Glebova]] of Canada at the ''Invest in Our World Benefit'' on May 3, 2006.

In the first week of May she briefly returned to Kentucky for the [[Kentucky Derby]] and was a celebrity guest at the Mint Jubilee Gala, attending the event with fellow national beauty queen [[Jennifer Berry]], [[Miss America]] 2006 of [[Miss Oklahoma]] and former [[Miss Kentucky USA]] titleholders Lizzie Arnold and Kristen Johnson, as well as other notable beauty queens.<ref>[http://www.uoflhealthcare.org/mintjubilee/celebs.asp Celebrity Attendees at the Mint Jubilee Gala Fundraiser].  Retrieved December 19, 2006.{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070512152713/http://www.uoflhealthcare.org/mintjubilee/celebs.asp |date=May 12, 2007 }}</ref>  

On May 18, 2006, Conner rang the opening bell at the [[American Stock Exchange]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Miss USA Rings the Opening Bell|publisher=American Stock Exchange|date=May 18, 2006|url=http://amex.com/atamex/news/events/2006/br_MissUSA_051806.htm|access-date=December 19, 2006|archive-date=February 2, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202011848/http://www.amex.com/atamex/news/events/2006/br_MissUSA_051806.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> She returned to Kentucky for her official homecoming in early June 2006. where she met with servicemen, with whom she posed for the July 2006 cover of [[Kentucky Monthly]] magazine, and volunteered with local charities.{{cn|date=February 2024}}

On July 19, 2006, Conner appeared as a guest judge in an episode of the third season of the [[CTV Drama Channel|Bravo!]] series ''[[Project Runway]]''.<ref name="runway" /> The contestants on the show competed against each other to create a dress for her to wear in the Miss Universe pageant. The dress was later featured in the evening gown competition of the pageant.

In August 2006, Conner met newly crowned Miss Universe [[Zuleyka Rivera]] and outgoing Miss Teen USA [[Allie LaForce]] in California where they were involved with media events, before all three travelled to [[Palm Springs, California]] for the [[Miss Teen USA 2006]] pageant.  On August 15 LaForce crowned [[Katie Blair]] of Montana as the new Miss Teen USA, and Conner, Rivera and Blair returned to New York the day after the pageant. Later that month, Conner and Blair attended a number of high-profile parties in New York including a Land Rover event featuring [[Maria Sharapova]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.meniscuszine.com/issue17/land_rover_20060824/index.html|title=Sharapova, Bryan Brothers Attend Pre-U.S. Open Fête|publisher=Meniscus Magazine|date=August 24, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228112448/http://www.meniscuszine.com/issue17/land_rover_20060824/index.html|archive-date=December 28, 2008}}</ref> a [[U.S. Open (tennis)|U.S. Open]] Kick-Off Party, a pre-[[Video Music Awards]] party hosted by [[Ciara]] and [[Missy Elliott]] and another Video Music Awards party hosted by [[Nick Lachey]].<ref name="eventschedule">{{cite web|url=http://www.missusa.com/cgi-bin/view_calendar2006.cgi?site=usa2006 |title=Miss USA event schedule |publisher=Miss Universe Organization |access-date=December 19, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061219010355/http://www.missusa.com/cgi-bin/view_calendar2006.cgi?site=usa2006 |archive-date=December 19, 2006 }}</ref>

[[File:Tara Conner McGuire 1.jpg|thumb|Conner operates military simulator at [[McGuire Air Force Base]] in [[Burlington County, New Jersey]]]]

In September 2006, Conner traveled to [[Boston, Massachusetts]] to promote the [[Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation]] Race for the Cure, as her predecessor [[Chelsea Cooley]] had done the year previously.<ref>[http://www.myfoxboston.com/myfox/pages/InsideFox/Detail?contentId=794646&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=5.2.1 Interview on Fox Boston, 2006-09-06] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927005907/http://www.myfoxboston.com/myfox/pages/InsideFox/Detail?contentId=794646&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=5.2.1 |date=September 27, 2007 }}. Retrieved September 8, 2006.</ref> She then travelled to [[Colorado]] to support the Cheryl Shackelford Foundation<ref>[https://archive.today/20071014060237/http://denver.yourhub.com/DENVER/Stories/Community/community-giving-nominations/Story~127255.aspx Second Annual Teal Soiree a huge success], September 20, 2006. Retrieved October 6, 2006</ref> and to Pennsylvania to attend an event hosted by the [[USO]] of Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey. In October 2006, Conner spent time volunteering with more charities, including [[Gilda's Club]], Best Buddies, and Project Sunshine, before embarking on a USO tour to Italy and Turkey in November 2006, where she met her brother, who is living in Italy.<ref name="eventschedule"/>

During [[Thanksgiving]] weekend of November 2006, Conner appeared on the Showboat float in the [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]], becoming the fourth Miss USA to appear in the parade. After attending the Miss Kentucky USA 2007 pageant and crowning [[Michelle Banzer]] as successor to her state title, she and Rivera traveled to [[Cannes]], France, and Italy, where they made promotional appearances.<ref name="eventschedule"/>

In December 2006, Conner should have celebrated her 21st birthday with a special event held at [[Pure Nightclub]] at [[Caesars Palace]] on the [[Las Vegas Strip]] near [[Las Vegas, Nevada]], but the event was later canceled because of the ongoing scandal.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Dec-19-Tue-2006/news/11512189.html|title=NORM: Trump set to give Miss USA the hook|publisher=Las Vegas Review Journal|date=December 19, 2006|access-date=December 19, 2006|archive-date=October 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009092605/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Dec-19-Tue-2006/news/11512189.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Following her time in a rehabilitation center in Pennsylvania during December and January, Conner returned to the public stage in February and was interviewed by a number of news outlets. She made her first public appearance on February 4, 2007, when she, Katie Blair and Zuleyka Rivera appeared as models for Tadashi, a sponsor of the pageant, at a fashion show in New York City. She also appeared in the television show ''[[Pageant Place]]'', where she confronted Katie Blair over rumours.

==Controversy==
On December 14, 2006, controversy erupted when [[TMZ.com]] published an article stating that Conner might be dethroned as Miss USA for her behavior in several New York City bars.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tmz.com/2006/12/14/exclusive-miss-usa-dethroned/|publisher=TMZ|title=Miss USA Dethroned?|date=December 14, 2006|access-date=December 16, 2006|archive-date=November 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106214111/https://www.tmz.com/2006/12/14/exclusive-miss-usa-dethroned/|url-status=live}}</ref> The following day the website reported that Conner would be stripped of her crown, and that first runner-up [[Tamiko Nash]], who completed her reign as [[Miss California USA]] in October, would inherit the Miss USA title.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tmz.com/2006/12/15/first-runner-up-to-become-miss-usa|title=First Runner-up to Become Miss USA|publisher=TMZ|date=December 15, 2006|access-date=December 16, 2006|archive-date=November 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106220901/https://www.tmz.com/2006/12/15/first-runner-up-to-become-miss-usa/|url-status=live}}</ref> This was neither confirmed nor denied by the Miss Universe Organization.

The edition of December 16, 2006, of the ''[[New York Daily News]]'' reported Conner had tested positive for [[cocaine]], had kissed [[Miss Teen USA]] [[Katie Blair]] in public, and had sneaked men into their Trump Place apartment. One New York City nightlife veteran said, "She really is a small-town girl. She just went wild when she came to the city. Tara just couldn't handle herself. They were sneaking those [[nightclub]] guys in and out of the apartment."<ref>{{cite news|title=Queen is way out of line: Failed test for coke, kissy with teen missy|publisher=New York Daily News|date=December 16, 2006|first=Jo|last=Piazza}}</ref> 

According to [[Fox News]], citing local New York newspapers, Conner "moved out of her apartment in one of Trump's luxury buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side" sometime during the week of December 11, 2006. On December 19, 2006, the day after her 21st birthday, Trump held a press conference saying that Conner was not dethroned as Miss USA. "I've always been a believer in second chances," Trump said, citing his brother's death tied to alcoholism.<ref>{{cite news|title=Beauty Queen Tara Conner's Revelations|date=April 28, 2010|url=http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/The-Truth-About-Beauty-Queen-Tara-Conner/6|work=The Oprah Winfrey Show|publisher=Harpo Productions|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-date=July 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719072416/http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/The-Truth-About-Beauty-Queen-Tara-Conner/6|url-status=live}}</ref> Had Conner been dethroned, she would have been the first Miss USA to have her title removed since [[Mary Leona Gage]] in 1957. It was announced that Conner would enter [[Caron Foundation|Caron Treatment Centers]], a [[Pennsylvania]] [[drug rehabilitation]] [[residential treatment center]].<ref>{{cite press release|date=December 14, 2006|publisher=WFMZ|title=Miss USA to Check Herself into Rehab in Berks County|access-date=December 21, 2006|url=http://wfmz.com/view/?id=38838|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070914102101/http://wfmz.com/view/?id=38838|archive-date=September 14, 2007}}</ref>

During the press conference Conner declined to comment on allegations of illicit drug use and claimed she was not an alcoholic but acknowledged making serious mistakes. After coming out of rehab less than two months later in February 2007, Conner admitted in an interview with [[Matt Lauer]] that she had abused cocaine and anti-depressants.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20010343,00.html|title=Miss USA Tara Conner Admits to Cocaine Use|publisher=People Magazine|date=January 31, 2007|access-date=February 6, 2007|archive-date=July 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725181330/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20010343,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was interviewed on ''[[Larry King Live]]''.

Conner currently serves as a Public Advocacy Consultant for Caron Treatment Centers, sharing her journey of recovery with others and being an advocate for those whose lives have been impacted by addiction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://caronchitchat.org/sharing-gratitude-during-recovery-month |title=Sharing Gratitude During Recovery Month |publisher=www.CaronChitChat.org |date=September 8, 2010 |access-date=October 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525232316/http://www.caronchitchat.org/sharing-gratitude-during-recovery-month/ |archive-date=May 25, 2011 }}</ref>

==''Pageant Place'' and beyond==
Conner appeared on the 2007 [[MTV]] reality show ''[[Pageant Place]]'' as the surprise fourth roommate to the 2007 Miss Universe Organization pageant winners [[Miss Universe]] [[Riyo Mori]], [[Miss USA]] [[Rachel Smith]], and [[Miss Teen USA]] [[Hilary Cruz]] as they live together in an apartment in New York City. The series premiered on October 10, 2007, and during this episode [[Donald Trump]] revealed that Katie Blair had been the one who had turned in Conner for alcohol and drug abuse because she felt that Conner was trying to steal Blair's boyfriend Josh.

For MTV's Spring Break 2008, Conner appeared with comedian [[Dan Levy (American comedian)|Dan Levy]] in ''Pretty Smart'', a competition challenging contestants to figure out who among a group of attractive men and women also "offers more than just a pretty face" and has "a brain to match".<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/ontv/specials/spring_break/2008/about.jhtml MTV.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203215011/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/specials/spring_break/2008/about.jhtml |date=February 3, 2009 }}</ref>

She was a contestant on the third season of [[Country Music Television|CMT]]'s ''[[Gone Country (television series)|Gone Country]]'', which premiered in January 2009.<ref>{{cite web |last=Finan |first=Eileen |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20238563,00.html |title=PEOPLE Preview: Latest Gone Country 3 Cast – TV News |publisher=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=August 25, 2012 |archive-date=April 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413101316/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20238563,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> She hosted the first and only season of [[MTV]]'s ''[[The Girls of Hedsor Hall]]'', which premiered in February 2009. She also was a judge at the [[Miss USA 2010]] pageant, held on May 16, 2010.

Conner currently co-hosts ''Kaboom'', a web video show dedicated to showing things getting blown up.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kaboom |url=http://screen.yahoo.com/kaboom/ |publisher=Yahoo |access-date=January 10, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113131631/http://screen.yahoo.com/kaboom/ |archive-date=January 13, 2013 }}</ref>

She visited [[Syosset High School]] on June 6, 2013, to talk to graduating seniors about the negative effects of substance abuse.

She formerly was Field Host on the ''[[Amazing America with Sarah Palin]]'' program which aired on the [[Sportsman Channel]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thesportsmanchannel.com/shows/amazing-america/ |title=Amazing America with Sarah Palin |access-date=February 19, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203082514/http://www.thesportsmanchannel.com/shows/amazing-america/ |archive-date=December 3, 2016 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.misskentuckyusa.com/ Official Miss Kentucky USA website]
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