Allie LaForce

Alexandra Leigh LaForce (born 11 December 1988) is an American journalist, model, and beauty pageant titleholder. She covers all aspects of the NBA on behalf of Turner Sports on TNT. She previously served as the reporter of SEC football and basketball games. She was also the host of We Need to Talk for the CBS Sports Network. LaForce was also a broadcast sports anchor and reporter at the Cleveland, Ohio, FOX affiliate WJW. She was awarded the Emmy in 2011, for her role as anchor of FOX 8's Friday Night Touchdown, a high school football league. She was Miss Teen USA in 2005 and was a basketball player in the college on the campus of Ohio University LaForce began her stage career as a pageant judge after winning an award for the Miss Ohio Teen USA 2005 title in September 2004 after her first try at winning the title. In August of 2005, she represented Ohio in her first Miss Teen USA pageant in Baton Rouge (Louisiana). LaForce was the winner of Miss Teen USA 2005, the Louisiana's Shelley Hennig. She competed with a dress code of evening gown, swimming costume as well as the final interview. Lesa LaForce, nee Rummell had the honor of being Miss Ohio USA in 1977. The prize she won was a one-year modeling agreement with Trump Modeling Management and a grant to the School for Film and Television located in New York City. Her appearance as a guest in Passions, the NBC soap Passions was also a big hit.