The organizers of the Miss USA pageant issued a statement Thursday denying reports that the reigning pageant winner has been dethroned, but acknowledging that they are evaluating her "behavioral and personal issues."

"Miss USA Tara Conner has not been dethroned," Paula M. Shugart, president of the Miss Universe Organization, said in a statement

The statement comes on the heels of a report that Tara Conner, 20, had engaged in conduct unbecoming of a Miss USA.

Shugart did not say what the Kentucky native had done to prompt the evaluation.

"The Miss Universe Organization and Mr. Donald J. Trump will be evaluating her behavioral and personal issues to see what we can do to work with her, and what we will do about her reign going forward," Shugart said. "Mr. Trump will make a determination and announcement within the coming week."

Lark-Marie Anton, a Miss Universe Organization spokeswoman, declined to elaborate on any problems that Conner might be having.

Donald Trump and NBC co-own the Miss USA pageant. The pageant is part of the Miss Universe Organization.

Trump did not immediately return a phone call left with his assistant.

Conner has been competing in pageants since age 4. She won the title of Young Miss Russell County in Kentucky at the county fair when she was 13 and by 2002, she was second runner-up in Miss Teen USA.

Conner finished fourth in the Miss Universe pageant.

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i just heard on tv supposedly the thing she did was go into a bar at 20 a yr under 21.

they didnt say she was drinking or anything like that.

like oh my god.like thats so bad.

i thought previously maybe she has been a diva and been difficult to handle.not show up to events.act all stuck up.cuss people out.make a fool of herself.be a drug addict alcoholic.

if they dethrown her for going into a bar that is psychotic.

well she has been officially stripped of the crown and the reasons cited are sex,drugs,and underage drinking.

Donald Trump has told hard-partying Miss USA Tara Connor to pack her bags and move out of her Trump Plaza apartment.

"She does not live here anymore," a doorman at the posh property tells the New York Post. "She is not allowed on Trump property. I don't think it was her choice, really."

Trump says pageant officials are still looking into the "situation," and plan to make an announcement Tuesday. But we already broke the news that the Kentucky native will be passing the tiara over to runner-up Tamiko Nash.

Since being crowned in April, Tara has been seen partying with Travis Barker, Ryan Seacrest and MTV VJ Damien Fahey. "Honestly, she's kind of like Lindsay Lohan," says a source


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update:tmz was wrong.donald trump is letting her keep the crown.he is so sweet he is giving her another chance.she is going to rehab.i wish her the best.keep her in your thoughts.