Fazzolari was Oregon 's representative at the Miss America 1988 pageant in Atlantic City , New Jersey , in September 1987 . The swimwear she wore at Miss America was donated by Jantzen , an apparel company based in Portland , Oregon . She performed a tap dance routine as her competition talent . Fazzolari was not a finalist for the national title . As a non-finalist , she earned a $ 2,000 scholarship for competing
Miss America 1988
Miss America 1988
Tamara Fazzolari