Early Life
After she was born in Dallas, Texas, Conner's 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 had died. Conner graduated from Russell County High School, in 2004, and at the time of her Miss USA win was studying toward a degree in Business Administration from Somerset Community College. Following her success in the Miss Teen USA pageant Conner was managed by agent Steve Rosenberg for six months and has modeled for companies such as Body Glove.
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