Posted on 12/16/2006 10:30:43 AM PST by meg88
Miss USA Tara Conner's exploits around town and with Miss Teen U.S.A. Katie Blair (below) may cost her the crown, which would go to runner-up Tamiko Nash.
Miss USA Tara Conner is on the verge of losing her crown after testing positive for cocaine, lustily kissing Miss Teen USA in public and sneaking men into their Trump Place apartment, sources tell the Daily News.
"Tara was a party animal," said a source who knows Conner, 20, and Miss Teen USA Katie Blair, 18, from some of the city's top nightspots. "I've seen them kiss before. They always dance all sexy on the tables. ... They definitely get close."
Pageant boss Donald Trump scheduled a Tuesday news conference to announce her fate.
"First and foremost he is concerned about Tara and wants to do what is best for her," Trump's office said. "Then he will think about what is best for the very successful Miss USA pageant."
One clubgoer described for the Daily News seeing Conner snort cocaine in one of the nightclubs where she drank regularly despite being underage, and The News learned she recently failed a drug test.
Conner was named Miss USA just eight months ago, but quickly started blazing a trail through New York's late-night club world, scenesters told The News.
"She just went wild when she came to the city," one nightlife veteran said. "Tara just couldn't handle herself. They were sneaking those [nightclub] guys in and out of the apartment."
Conner and Blair shared a Trump Place apartment with Miss Universe Zuleyka Rivera, 19, but sources say Conner and Blair got in hot water with pageant bosses for getting Rivera drunk on her birthday.
Rivera cleaned up her act, sources said, but Conner still brought boyfriends home.
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Can't help noticing Miss Montana has bruised knees.
The Miss Teen USA Pageant is tough work indeed!
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