Pageantry
Tara won the Miss Alabama Teen USA 1997 title in 1996 and went on to represent Alabama in the Miss Teen USA 1997 broadcast live from South Padre Island, Texas on August 20, 1997, the first time the pageant was held in this location.
In 2000, she competed in the Miss Alabama USA pageant for the first time and placed first runner-up to Laura Hoffman. She returned the following year and won the Miss Alabama USA 2002 title, becoming the third Miss Alabama Teen USA to win the Miss title.
Tara competed in the Miss USA 2002 pageant held in Gary, Indiana in March 2002, and made the top twelve. She placed seventh in swimsuit during the final competition and tenth in evening gown, placing ninth overall. The pageant was won by Shauntay Hinton of the District of Columbia.
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