Miss USA Tara Conner, who nearly lost her crown for hard-partying in New York nightclubs, tells People magazine in an upcoming issue that she's used cocaine.

"Cocaine was one of the drugs that I did use," she says. "It's hard to look back at that."

AT A MUCH-PUBLICIZED PRESS CONFERENCE

In December, Donald Trump, who owns the Miss USA pageant, said the contrite Conner could hold onto her crown if she changed her ways. She then entered rehab.

"I WOULD TRY ANYTHING ONCE"

"I didn't think I had an issue — but I was willing to do anything to save my job. ... I've realized that I suffer from the disease of alcoholism and addiction," says Conner, who logged in 31 days at the Caron Foundation rehab center in Wernersville, Pa.

"I was an equality-opportunity (user) — I would try anything once," Conner, 21, tells the magazine in its Feb. 12 issue.

ACOHOL WAS HER BIGGEST VICE

"I'm an alcoholic. It was a craving thing — once I put it in my body, I would start craving more," says Conner, who notes she drank heavily but wasn't "getting sloppy drunk and dancing on tables."

AS FOR REPORTS THAT HER WILD WAYS ALSO INCLUDED PROMISCUITY ...

"I would talk to more than one guy at once — it doesn't mean that I was sexually active with every one of these people," she says.

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