Tamara Fazzolari

Tamara Jean "Tammy" Fazzolari Wallace (born July 27, 1966) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Hillsboro, Oregon, who was crowned Miss Oregon 1987. She competed for the Miss America 1988 title in September 1987 but was not a Top-10 finalist. Her daughter, Ali Wallace, was crowned Miss Oregon 2015.

Tamara Fazzolari
Born	Tamara Jean Fazzolari (1966-07-27) July 27, 1966
Education	Mt. Hood Community College
Title	Miss Willamette Valley 1985 Miss Hillsboro 1986 Miss Portland 1987 Miss Oregon 1987
Beauty pageant titleholder
Major competition(s)	Miss America 1988

Pageant career

Fazzolari competed in the 1985 Miss Oregon pageant as Miss Willamette Valley 1985, one of 16 qualifiers for the state title.[1] She was named was third runner-up to winner Dana Marie Kocks.[2][3] In June 1986, she was chosen as Miss Hillsboro 1986.[4] She competed in the 1986 Miss Oregon pageant but was not a top finalist for the state title.[5]

She entered the Miss Oregon pageant in Seaside, Oregon, as Miss Portland in July 1987.[6] Fazzolari's competition talent was tap dance.[7] Fazzolari won the competition on Saturday, July 11, 1987, when she received her crown from outgoing Miss Oregon titleholder Jana Svea Peterson.[6][8] She earned several thousand dollars in scholarship money and other prizes from the state pageant.[9] As Miss Oregon, her activities included public appearances across the state of Oregon.[8]

Fazzolari was Oregon's representative at the Miss America 1988 pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in September 1987.[7] The swimwear she wore at Miss America was donated by Jantzen, an apparel company based in Portland, Oregon.[10][11] She performed a tap dance routine as her competition talent. Fazzolari was not a finalist for the national title.[12][13] As a non-finalist, she earned a $2,000 scholarship for competing.[7]

Personal life and education

Fazzolari is a native of Hillsboro, Oregon, and a 1984 graduate of Benjamin Franklin High School in Portland, Oregon. Her parents are Tony and Ethel Fazzolari. Fazzolari is a 1987 graduate of Mt. Hood Community College.[14]

On the morning of May 21, 1982, when Fazzolari was 15 years old, she was raped on the campus of Benjamin Franklin High School in Portland, Oregon.[15][16] Her parents sued the Portland Public Schools and after a series of trials and appeals, the case was settled in the family's favor in November 1987.[15][17] The case eventually made it to the Oregon Supreme Court, and is considered one of the leading negligence cases in the state (303 Or. 1).[18]

Fazzolari married Chip Wallace on June 30, 1990. Their daughter, Alexis Wallace, was crowned Miss Oregon 2015 on June 17, 2015.[19][20] As of 2015, Fazzolari is a dance instructor at All Star Dance Academy in Portland, Oregon.[21]

References

1. "16 compete for Oregon pageant title". The Oregonian. Portland, OR: Advance Publications. July 10, 1985. p. B3.
2. "Ashland woman wins Miss Oregon crown". The Register-Guard. Eugene, OR. July 15, 1985. p. 5A. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
3. "Ashland woman wins Miss Oregon pageant". The Oregonian. Portland, OR: Advance Publications. July 14, 1985. p. C1.
4. "Judge's choice". The Oregonian. Portland, OR: Advance Publications. June 17, 1986. p. B7. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
5. "UO student, 22, selected Miss Oregon". The Oregonian. Portland, OR: Advance Publications. July 13, 1986. p. B6.
6. "Miss Oregon 1987 Tamara Jean Fazzolari". Miss Oregon. 1987. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
7. Flannery, Mary (September 17, 1987). "The Chase For The Rhinestones They're All Beautiful And Talented, But One Will Be . . . Special". Philadelphia Daily News. Philadelphia, PA: Knight Ridder. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
8. "Miss Oregon aims at TV role". The Oregonian. Portland, OR: Advance Publications. July 13, 1987. p. B3.
9. "Miss Hillsboro chosen as Miss Oregon 1987". The Oregonian. Portland, OR: Advance Publications. July 12, 1987. p. B7.
10. Venezia, Joyce A. (September 15, 1987). "Contestants' Wardrobes Vary in Expense and Glitter". Associated Press. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
11. "Beauties' wardrobes cost a pretty penny". Wilmington Morning Star. Wilmington, North Carolina. Associated Press. September 17, 1987. p. 6D. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
12. Venezia, Joyce A. (September 21, 1987). "Miss Michigan Becomes Miss America 1988". The Schenectady Gazette. Schenectady, NY. Associated Press. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
13. "Judging Miss America: Are 'I like it' and 'I don't' enough?". The Oregonian. Portland, OR: Advance Publications. October 18, 1987. p. L1.
14. "Reception ball planned for Miss Oregon". The Oregonian. Portland, OR: Advance Publications. August 6, 1987. p. B3.
15. "Rape Lawsuit Settled". The Bulletin. Bend, OR: Western Communications. United Press International. November 8, 1987. p. A4. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
16. "School rape lawsuit settled". The Oregonian. Portland, OR: Advance Publications. November 7, 1987. p. E14.
17. "Miss Oregon, School District Settle". The Register-Guard. Eugene, OR. November 6, 1987. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
18. Brown, James Joseph; Fleishman, Wendy. Proving and Defending Damage Claims: A Fifty-state Guide. Aspen Publishers Online. pp. 2–237.
19. Spitaler, Ellen (July 2, 2015). "Miss Portland upgrades her title to Miss Oregon". Portland Tribune. Portland, OR: Pamplin Media Group. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
20. Smith, McKinley (June 27, 2015). "Miss Oregon crowned in Seaside". The Daily Astorian. Astoria, OR: EO Media Group. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
21. Rede, George (June 28, 2015). "Miss Oregon 2015: Like mother, like daughter, Portland's Ali Wallace is crowned the winner". The Oregonian. Portland, OR: Advance Publications. Retrieved July 27, 2015.

External links

• Tammy Fazzolari Wallace on Facebook
• Miss Oregon official website

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Jana Svea Peterson	Miss Oregon 1987	Succeeded by Anna Denise Jones