Nash represented California in the Miss USA 2006 pageant broadcast live from Baltimore , Maryland , in April 2006 . She placed first-runner up to Tara Conner of Kentucky , the second consecutive delegate from California to reach this position . Brittany Hogan , Miss California USA 2005 , was first runner-up to Chelsea Cooley of North Carolina in 2005
Miss USA 2006
Miss USA 2006
Tamiko Nash