Jezebel: tara conner

Miss France Feels Heat; Miss USA The Next James Frey

Jennifer — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:00:00 EST

Pageant contestants never cease to be reliable sources of diva debauchery/ inevitable redemption. The latest tale of beauty queens gone wild comes courtesy of Miss France, 22-year old Valerie Begue. Having just won her title three weeks ago, Begue is battling criticism following the release of the inevitable "sexy" photos making their way around the Internets. (One photo, oddly enough, features Begue "licking what appeared to be yogurt or evaporated milk." Shades of Miss New Jersey!) Perhaps she could use some advice from former Miss USA Tara Conner? Conner, who, in 2006, was caught doing lines and chugging 40's like it was nobody's business and given a "second chance" by Miss USA pageant-owner Trump, has just signed a lucrative book deal for a memoir on her time in rehab, she announced this morning.

At this point, we hope that Ms. Conner and Ms. Begue both learn a thing or two from those most notorious of shamed pageant queens and "memoirists": Vanessa Williams and James Frey. Because not only can losing a pageant title can be the ticket to a successful career in pop music and television, making shit up in a non-fiction memoir will get you an even bigger book deal the next time around!

Miss France Keeps Title Despite Photos [Yahoo]

Tara Conner To Write Memoir Of Her Rehab Experience [People]

Earlier: Miss New Jersey's Raunchy Photos Revealed At Last

MTV's Beauty Queens: Fun, Ditsy, And Vindictive

Tracie — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:30:00 EDT

So, judging by last night's episode, MTV's Pageant Place — which follows the reign and cohabitation of Miss Universe, Miss USA, and Miss Teen USA — has lots of potential, due to a curve ball thrown at the beauty queens: Former Miss USA, the famously-rehabbed Tara Conner, moves into the house with them. Also, Miss Universe, an impossibly-tall Japanese girl — who had to show her Miss Universe sash as ID in the airport after forgetting her passport — is totally awesome. When she moved into the apartment and saw her bedroom she screamed "Oooh! Pink!" and clapped her hands.

In The Future, Everyone Will Be Able To Prolong Their 15 Minutes Of Drunk-Driving Related Fame Into An Extended National Saga

Moe — Tue, 08 May 2007 08:45:32 EDT

Paris Hilton has rehired the publicist she just fired for misleading her into thinking that the legal document she sihned (sic!) meant she couldn't drive for 45 days if she could actually read it. Also, Paris has appealed to Governator Arnold for leniency, though we hear it's only because she got him mixed up with David Hasselhoff. [Reuters]
OMG! We totally thought Madonna and Guy Richie were this, like, picture of domestic bliss and selfless congugal harmony, and then the British tabloid press comes along and totally robs us of our illusions. [News of the World]
Quiz! Scarlett Johansson, Kid Rock, Tara Conner and Naomi Watts all attended which of the following celebrity clusterfucks: The Kentucky Derby and the annual Costume Institute thing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [New York Post]

For all those dedicated media consumers who may wrongly not give a shit about Ty Pennington anymore: Pennington refers to drunk driving arrest as a "wake-up call." [FoxNews]
And speaking of self-medicating gays, George Michael calls his own driving-while-fucked-up arrest "my own stupid fault as usual." [Guardian]
As if you needed another reason to swoon for Orlando Bloom: He always has "all this cough syrup" on hand. [Gatecrasher]

News At 10: Lindsay Lohan Really Loves The Box

Anna — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:00:00 EDT

Now that she's blazed a trail through young Hollywood's most eligible male heirs, club-happy Lindsay Lohan may be shacking up with lesbian DJ Samantha Ronson. [PerezHilton]
Will Smith is apparently the most powerful actor on the planet. In other news, Posh 'n Becks quest for U.S. domination may not be going so well. [LizSmith]
Candy Spelling pens an open letter to Larry Birkhead on how to handle the slings and arrows of fame. Rule No. 1: Make sure your hair looks perfect! [TMZ]
Yoga/animal-loving mogul Russell Simmons is selling his ostentatious NJ house for $23.8 million. Hopefully he'll unload his wife Kimora once and for all soon afterwards. [TMZ]
Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady go to church! Shop for groceries! [PageSix]

Former Miss USA Tara Conner is taking to the Hollywood lifestyle quite nicely, thank you. She's already moved in with a guy she met [PageSix]
Drew Barrymore and Spike Jonze. Still on! [WWD]