Chuck Robb Sex Scandal Figure Gets Her Wish

May 24, 2011 RSS Feed Print

Tai Collins, the former Miss Virginia-USA who alleged a sexual affair with former Sen. Chuck Robb, hubby of Lynda Bird Johnson, once told the Roanoke Times that she wanted to be known for being a do-gooder, not her naughty stories about Robb or her spread in Playboy.

Now, 27 years later, the longtime child advocate who made a name for herself writing for and starring in Baywatch after revealing the scandal, has been honored for her work running A Chance For Children, a charity devoted to helping disadvantaged children. [Check out a roundup of this month's best political cartoons.]

At the end of March, California Assemblyman Mike Davis honored Collins and four other Los Angeles women in an event to celebrate National Women's History Month, according to her blog, "Bikini Travels With Tai & Marissa...It's A Lifestyle."

"Each of these women contributes to making Los Angeles County a great place to live," said Davis. "Their commitment to helping others, whether its children in their community, their neighborhoods, families in need or businesses in our city, makes them great citizens worthy of recognition."

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Tai Collins still looks hot, at least in the photos on her blog. I hope they were not doctored. She was smoking hot in "Ebony Gold" and in her Playboy "Sexual Fantasy for Lovers" celebrity video. And, her Playboy Magazine pictures were some of the best ever!!!! Give us an encore, please!!!

Walter (Bear)Jaeger of FL 6:18PM June 16, 2011

I am puzzled! What is the point of her blog "Bikini Travels"? There's some charity work on it but it is mostly Tai Collins showing as much skin as possible while traveling around the world staying in expensive hotels/resorts and eating and drinking in expensive restaurants and living the big life. Where did/does she get the money to do that. Hmmmm?

Marcia C. Richards-Hunt of CA 6:07PM June 16, 2011

Oh My!
Up she pops again but with not so much fanfare and notoriety as a few years ago, actually more than a few years. I remember her well, the scandal. I was a NYC model at the time and my birth date is one day after hers. I was a model only for a short time since it became apparent there was no future in it and I was working on my higher education in the business world. My Father kept telling me "beauty is in the eye of the beholder/s and true beauty lies within." He is deceased now, several years, and I am CEO and major stockholder of our corporation. Now and then I get to do some" bikini travel" in conjunction with business, but I never cook in a bikini.
I was also born in Roanoke, Virginia. Tanquil, oops TAI, was a cute young woman, still is attractive at 49, but slipping gently into the category of "older woman". Air brushes do wonders for photos, especially magazine cover photos. No sour grapes here. I can hold my own with the best of the beauties from Virginia and elsewhere.
I suppose publicity in any form is acceptable if one wants to become noticed. Being Miss Virginia helped Tai, immensely! But the thing that irks me a bit is Tai's divulging details of a romance, illicit or otherwise, true or not, to gain publicity. That a bit underhanded. Hurts a lot of people and casts doubt on an individuals integrity, her in particular, to say the least. Enough of that.
I would never have noticed the U.S. New Article except my personal secretary happened to mention it in a conversation related to politics and scandals and the "hot dog" man's problems. I was a bit intrigued yjr article and checked out her blog, tongue in cheek, until I noticed the photo mentioned by T. Beard's posting. It does make one wonder why such a photo was important enough to post on her blog. Poor kid, he looks petrified facially, but his body position suggests otherwise. And, I was somewhat shocked to find Tai was in a porno movie, naked, for all the world to see, including her family.
Not something I would want any of my family and friends to see and for sure any of those young children she supposedly cares for. I wonder if that material is available for viewing by the "minor".
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Yvone Marino of VA 5:53PM June 16, 2011

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