Tara Allain is Miss Maine

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.- Winners :...

 for 2007. She is a 2008 graduate of Colby College

Colby College

Colby College is a private liberal arts college located on Mayflower Hill in Waterville, Maine. Founded in 1813, it is the 12th-oldest independent liberal arts college in the United States...

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Early life

Ms. 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 High School

-Campus and location:Saint Peter-Marian's campus is situated upon a hill in a residential neighborhood. It is less than one mile to the town of Holden, Massachusetts. There is one main building with an annex that houses the senior high school, while another building is home to the junior high...

. She is majoring in biology at Colby College.

Miss Maine pageant

Her platform and charity for the pageant was Habitat for Humanity.
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.

Colby College

Ms. Allain is founder and captain of the Colby College hip-hop dance team, Hypnotik.

Other accomplishments

• American Dance Awards regional Dancer of the Year
• Dance Masters of America

External links

• http://www.missmaine.org/contestants.2007.Tara_Allain.bio.htm