Tara Allain (born October 2, 1985) is
Miss Maine
The Miss Maine competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maine in the Miss America pageant. Maine has been represented in the pageant since 1937, although the state has never produced a winner.
Madison Leslie ...
for 2007. She is a 2008 graduate of
Colby College
Colby College is a private liberal arts college in Waterville, Maine. It was founded in 1813 as the Maine Literary and Theological Institution, then renamed Waterville College after the city where it resides. The donations of Christian philanthr ...
.
Early life
Allain is the daughter of Kathleen and Daniel Allain of Worcester, Massachusetts. She is a graduate of
Saint Peter-Marian High School
Saint Peter-Marian Central Catholic Junior-Senior High School, was a private, coeducational Catholic junior high and senior high school in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. The school was more commonly referred to as St. Peter-Marian, or in ...
. She majored in biology at Colby College.
Miss Maine pageant
Her platform and charity for the pageant was
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI), generally referred to as Habitat for Humanity or Habitat, is a US non-governmental, and nonprofit organization which was founded in 1976 by couple Millard and Linda Fuller. Habitat for Humanity is a Ch ...
.
In the talent competition, she performed a dance entitled "Hangin' by a Thread"
Participation in Maine pageant
Allain admits that her participation in the Maine pageant was a calculated maneuver because she did not want to compete in the Massachusetts pageant. She cites that if she won, she would have to take off a year from school which she claims was not the case by participating in the Miss Maine competition.
As Miss Maine, she has visited schools to promote Habitat for Humanity.
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References
External links
MissMaine.org – An Official Miss America Preliminary
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1985 births
Living people
Miss America 2008 delegates
People from Waterville, Maine
People from Worcester, Massachusetts
Colby College alumni
Beauty pageant contestants from Maine