- Tara Bollinger
Pageant titleholder bio
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title=Miss Missouri USA 2003
nationalcompetition=Miss USA 2003
location=Missouri ,United States
birthname= Tara Bollinger
height=height|ft=5|in=5
eye color= Green
hair color= AuburnTara Bollinger (born 1979) is a model and
beauty queen fromMissouri who has competed in theMiss USA pageant.Bollinger won the
Miss Missouri USA 2003 title in a state pageant held in Poplar Bluff on19 October 2002 . [cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20030212093248/http://www.missmissouriusa.com/tara_bio.html |title=Miss Missouri USA official titleholder profile|accessdate=2006-09-27] This was her first attempt at the title. She went on to represent Missouri in the nationally televisedMiss USA 2003 pageant held inSan Antonio, Texas in March 2003 but did not place. The competition was won bySusie Castillo of Massachusetts.As Miss Missouri USA Bollinger worked as a
motivational speaker for middle and high school students. [cite news | last = Ita| first = Eyobong| title = Miss Missouri brings message of personal responsibility to area school| publisher = "Kansas City Star "| date = 2003-02-08| url =http://web.archive.org/web/20030402022159/www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascitystar/news/local/states/missouri/counties/cass_county/5124352.htm| accessdate = 2006-09-27 ] She is a strict Christian who believes in sexual abstinence and works to promote anti-drinking and anti-smoking behaviour. [cite press release| title = Miss Missouri Speaks on Faith and Personal Responsibility| publisher = Missouri Baptist University| date = 2003-09-23| url = http://www.mobap.edu/info/news/archives/000167.asp| accessdate = 2006-09-27 ] At the end of her reign, Bollinger crownedShandi Finnessey of Florissant as the new Miss Missouri USA. Finnessey, also a graduate of Lindenwood University, later won theMiss USA title.Bollinger studied Mass Communications, TV Broadcasting, and Spanish at
Lindenwood University , where she graduatedsumma cum laude . [cite news | last = McFarland| first = Diana| title = Advocating abstinence: Miss Missouri talks straight with 8th graders | publisher = "The Examiner"| date = 2003-02-07| url = http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:kbiBnT61dZgJ:www.theexaminer.net/stories/020703/new_020703007.shtml+%22tara+bollinger%22&hl=en&gl=nz&ct=clnk&cd=9
accessdate =2006-09-27 ] She made the Dean's List for four years and was a member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Fraternity at Lindenwood and has received a number of journalistic scholarships. [cite press release| title = SEN. JOHN LOUDON JOINS OTHER LAWMAKERS TO WELCOME MISS MISSOURI USA TO STATE CAPITOL | publisher = SENATE REPORT: Senator John Loudon| date = 2003-02-27| url = http://www.senate.state.mo.us/03info/members/newsrel/d07_releases/2-27-03.htm| accessdate = 2006-09-27 ]References
External links
* [http://www.missmissouriusa.com/ Miss Missouri USA official website]
* [http://www.missusa.com/ Miss USA official website]
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