Tara Conner Admits Coke Use & Abuse?

In her first television interview since completing her 31-day stint in a Pennsylvania rehab center, Miss USA Tara Conner opened up on the Today show, admitting to Matt Lauer that she is confronting her demons - which include alcohol, drugs and a history of abuse in her past reports Star Magazine.

Conner admitted to drinking underage and using cocaine. "For me, it all had the same effect. I was an equal-opportunity user."

"Nothing fazed me. I would take what I could get because I was trying to mask so many things that I felt inside."

Conner also hinted at childhood abouse saying she was "betrayed" by an unidentified person. "I will not deny that I have witnessed some abuse, but out of respect for my family ... this is something I need to take one day at a time."

Lauer asked Conner, "Do you think this is part of the reason, what happened in your past, for the alcoholism and the addictive personality?"

Conner answered: "I'm sure it could have played a part in it. There are a lot of things attached to alcoholism and addiction. And it could also be a genetic thing, or it could be an acquired taste. It's one of those things that can get you when you least expect it."