Miss USA Drama Update

Donald Trump said Tuesday that Tara Conner, the reigning Miss USA, will get to keep her job - for now.

Trump said he had decided to fire Connor, 20, but changed his mind after meeting with Connor on Tuesday morning.

"I saw someone who had a really good heart," Trump said. "She got caught up in the whirlwind that is New York."

"Tara is going to be given a second chance."

Trump said that Connor will go into rehab for alcohol use, and if she doesn't adhere to the pageant's conduct codes, she will be fired

"You'll never know how much Mr. Trump saved me," Connor said.

But Connor said that she didn't consider herself an alcoholic.

"My personal demons are my personal demons," Connor said.

Connor also made a tearful five-minute apology to Trump, Miss USA and to her family for "disgracing" them.

The Miss USA pageant said last Thursday it was evaluating the "behavioral and personal issues" of the reigning winner.

Pageant officials and Trump, who co-owns the Miss Universe Organization with NBC, would not say directly what Kentucky native Conner, 20, had done to prompt the serious evaluation.

Internet gossip Web site TMZ.com reported that pageant officials and NBC met last Tuesday to discuss Conner's alleged bad behavior, "including her conduct at New York City bars." The Web site did not name its sources.

If Conner gets the boot runner-up, Miss California Tamiko Nash would take over as Miss USA.

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