Who is Tara, the 30 year old teacher who disappeared?

Tara Faye Grinstead was born in Hawkinsville, Georgia to Billy and Faye Grinstead on November 14, 1974. During her upbringing in Hawkinsville, she was a cheerleader and an active member of the Baptist church.  After high school, she went on to Middle Georgia College to pursue higher education and become a teacher. Subsequently, she earned a Master’s Degree in Education from Valdosta State University. She was planning to pursue a doctorate degree at the time of her disappearance.

In 1998, Tara began teaching at Irwin County High School in Ocilla, GA. She was a devoted and well-liked 11th grade history teacher. She was compassionate and truly cared for her students outside of the classroom, even allowing one to temporarily live with her after the student’s house burned down. According to friends and family, Tara was widely known for her generous and trusting nature.

As for her background in beauty pageants, Tara first took up pageantry to earn scholarship money for college. She participated in numerous pageants and was crowned Miss Tifton in 1999. Later that year she also competed for the title of Miss Georgia. Wanting to pass along her knowledge and experience in pageantry, Tara went on to coach young competitors in Ocilla. One of Tara’s last known whereabouts, on the Saturday she went missing, was helping the young pageant contestants with their hair and make-up. She was 30 years old at the time of her disappearance.

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