| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Birth name | Tara Tucker |
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| Birthdate | February 8, 1979 |
| Birthplace | Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Hair color | Auburn |
| Title(s) | Miss Alabama Teen USA 1997 Miss Alabama USA 2002 |
| Major competition(s) | Miss Teen USA 1997 Miss USA 2002 |
Tara Gray (née Tucker) is a former beauty queen from Birmingham, Alabama who has competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA pageants. She has worked as a local journalist, reporter and entertainment presenter, as well as a national tv host and reporter. Tara Gray currently resides in Los Angeles, California where she is working as a tv host, commercial talent, model, and owns the production company salesRUSH.
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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.
Journalism
Tara Gray attended Pelham High School and worked as a reporter and anchor for the school's broadcast journalism department. She later attended Auburn University and continued with similar roles in the field of journalism. She graduated in 2000 with a major in Mass Communication and a double minor in Psychology and Spanish.
Gray got her first job in television as a producer for FOX6, WBRC in Birmingham in 2000. In 2002 she was hired as the on-air spokesperson for WABM-TV UPN68 and later became known as "The Face of MY68." While working for WABM, Tara also worked for Metro Networks/Westwood One, where she provided daily local news reports to a number of radio stations throughout Alabama. She also worked as a traffic reporter for FOX6 News’ Daybreak and Good Day Alabama, and as a traffic and news reporter for COX Radio stations, 95.7 JAMZ, 98.7 KISS FM, and Heaven 610 WAGG.
Tara anchored MY68’s entertainment news segment, Tara Talk and Tara's Takes, and had her own feature segment as an entertainment reporter for CW21 News at Nine before moving to Los Angeles to work as a tv host. She has worked aS on-air talent for GemsTV, KDOC-TV Los Angeles, and now ownes her own production company, salesRUSH. The company produces content for tv stations, and reality tv shows, and includes media buying, publication and internet divisions.
Personal
Tara enjoys volunteering for her favorite charities such as March of Dimes, Susan G. Komen Foundation, Muscular Dystrophy Association of Greater Alabama, and the American Diabetes Association.
External links
- Tara Gray Official Website
- Miss Alabama Teen USA official website
- Miss Alabama USA official website
- usa.com Miss Teen USA official website
- Miss USA official website
| Preceded by Luann Roberts |
Miss Alabama Teen USA 1997 |
Succeeded by Heather Baugh |
| Preceded by Laura Hoffman |
Miss Alabama USA 2002 |
Succeeded by Michelle Arnette |
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