Allie LaForce

Alexandra Leigh LaForce (born December 11, 1988) is an American journalist, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She is a reporter for all aspects of the NBA for Turner Sports on TNT. She has previously worked as an anchor and reporter on We Need to Talk, CBS Sports Network, covering college football, college basketball, and SEC games. LaForce also worked as an anchor for broadcast sports and reporter for the Cleveland, Ohio, FOX affiliate WJW. She won the Emmy in 2011 for her work as anchor of FOX 8's Friday Night Touchdown, a high school football show. She played basketball while in college in Ohio at Ohio University and was Miss Teen USA for five years. LaForce started her pageantry career after winning the Miss Ohio Teen America title in 2005 the 4th of September, 2004, her first shot at being crowned. On August 8, 2005, she represented Ohio at the Miss Teen USA pageant in Baton Rouge (Louisiana). LaForce was the winner of Miss Teen USA 2005, Louisiana's Shelley Hennig. She competed with a dress code of evening gown, swimming costume, and final interviews. Lesa LaForce was born in Louisiana, and nee Rummell has been Miss Ohio USA in 1977. Her prize included a year-long model contract at Trump Modeling Management and a award at the School for Film and Television located in New York City. Her appearance as a guest in The NBC soap Passions was a major hit.