We've been following the Miss USA scandal for months now and in a shocking turn of events, Tara Conners opens up and admits to being an alcoholic and to using cocaine. Tara, who has been making news headlines since her potential dethroning by Donald Trump for drinking in public and portraying a less than positive image for young teens, speaks out about her alleged addiction to alcohol and how she plans to use her experiences to help others in an upcoming interview with Matt Lauer.

Tara Conner's recently admitted to being an alcoholic. Not only did Tara admit to being an alcohol addict but she also admitted to snorting cocaine. While it is the responsibility of Miss USA to uphold a positive image for young children, it hardly seems as though she is fulfilling these duties. Tara reveals her (sob story) case to Matt Lauer admitting "I have done cocaine, yes. It feels good to get it off my chest".

So here's my take on the story - for those of you who are interested. It seems as though when the story was first released everyone was astonished by the poor behavior of the beauty pageant winner. People were criticizing her for making poor choices and most of the polls agreed that she should be dethroned. In my opinion, claiming she is an alcoholic is her attempt to make people for sorry for her as opposed to criticize her. She's acting as though she's trying to help people when really she needs to be admitting that she's been a poor role model and made bad choices.

It seems as though the media destroys people who party hard but applauds people who admit they have serious problems. It seems to me that she's taking advantage of this by claiming she has a problem when in fact she was just being a normal 21 year old who made a few poor choices along the way. A poor cop-out if you ask me. Admit what you've done and fix it - you don't need people to pity you in the process.

Who knows, maybe my opinion will change after I see the full interview which airs tomorrow night on Entertainment Tonight and Inside Edition.