Allie LaForce

Alexandra Leigh LaForce (born December 11, 1988) is an American journalist, model, and beauty pageant titleholder. She works as a Turner Sports reporter, where she covers NBA games on TNT. She previously served as the primary reporter for SEC college football games. She was also and a courtside reporter for basketball matches in the college level, and hosting We Need to Talk on the CBS Sports Network. LaForce also worked as a broadcast sports anchor and reporter for the Cleveland, Ohio, FOX affiliate WJW. The station was awarded the Emmy in 2011, for her role as an anchor on FOX 8's Friday Night Touchdown, a high school football league. She was a basketball player in the college at Ohio University and was Miss Teen USA for a total of five years. LaForce started her pageantry career after she won Miss Ohio Teen USA's title in 2005 on September 4, 2004, her first time being crowned. The 8th of August, 2005, she represented Ohio at the Miss Teen USA pageant in Baton Rouge (Louisiana). LaForce was the winner of Miss Teen USA 2005, the Louisiana's Shelley Hennig. She competed in the evening dress, swimming suit and the last interview. Her mother, Lesa LaForce (nee Rummell) was Miss Ohio USA 1977. One of her prizes was a contract of one year to model for Trump Modeling Management and she also received a scholarship at The School for Film and Television New York City. Additionally, she was awarded a guest performance in the NBC soap opera Passions.