2006 queen's rehab focus of Miss USA pageant

17:35' 20/03/2007 (GMT+7)

Turning away from featuring pretty girls in swimsuits and evening gowns, the Miss USA beauty pageant will focus this week on how reigning titleholder Tara Conner almost forfeited her crown and ended up in rehab for an alcohol drinking problem. Turning away from featuring pretty girls in swimsuits and evening gowns, the Miss USA beauty pageant will focus this week on how reigning titleholder Tara Conner almost forfeited her crown and ended up in rehab for an alcohol drinking problem. (File Photo) "Certainly, our reigning Miss USA is going to be on television and we're certainly not going to shy away from referring to what happened," executive producer Phil Gurin told The Associated Press on Monday. "Why shy away from what's part of our family? We embrace our family." Gurin said Conner will not be the centerpiece of the show, but will be "all over our telecast." Viewers will be able to see Conner and "make their own determinations by seeing how she presents herself, what she has to say about what happened this past year ... and that's something we've never been able to do before." Conner kept her tiara after Donald Trump -- owner of the Miss Universe and Miss USA contests in a partnership with NBC -- decided to give her a second chance. She underwent a stint in rehab in Pennsylvania for her drinking.

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