Shamed Miss USA, Tara Conner Gets Second Chance

Shamed Miss USA, Tara Conner is keeping her crown and checking into rehab.

"In no way did I think it would be possible for a second chance to be given to me. I've had a very big blessing bestowed on me. It truly takes someone with a wonderful heart, a heart of gold and a blessed soul."

The beauty was almost kicked to the curb 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.

A doorman at the posh property where Tara Conner lived said: "She does not live here any more. She is not allowed on Trump property.

"I don't think it was her choice, really.''

"Tara was a party animal," said a source who knows Conner, 21, 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."

"She makes Paris Hilton look like a baby," a source, who confirmed Conner's conduct has been a concern since summer, told the Post.

Tara Conner got the last-minute reprieve from Donald Trump, but it might not be too long before the bad-girl beauty queen really gets the boot from the Donald reports TMZ.

Donald Trump, the boss behind the pageant, said: "I've always been a believer in second chances. Tara is a good person. Tara has tried hard. Tara is going to be given a second chance.

"She left a small town in Kentucky and got caught up in the whirlwind we know is New York."

Donald also revealed that Tara, who has just turned 21, will be going into rehab.

At yesterday's press conference, Tara cried. But just a few hours later, in a phone interview with MSNBC, Tara said , "I wouldn't say that I have a big drinking problem." What's more, as the New York Daily News points out, Tara shrugged her shoulders at the treatment program the Miss Universe organization is providing her: "Anytime anyone gives you free anything, like therapy or rehab, you take it."

"That girl won't be able to hit the pavement [in New York] without cameras watching her every move."

Meanwhile, Embattled Miss USA Tara Conners, grandmother is in her corner reports People Magazine

"I'm really happy for her, and I'm really proud of her," Lois Conner told PEOPLE from her home in Russell Springs, Ky, on Tuesday evening. "I think she made a nice statement, and Mr. Trump did too."

The elder Conner says she spoke with her granddaughter on Tuesday morning before Trump had decided to let Tara keep get her crown, but gave her all her support no matter what the outcome. "I tried to encourage her, " she said.