Allie LaForce

Alexandra Leigh LaForce is an American model and journalist. She won the title of Miss Beauty Pageant in 1988. She works as a Turner Sports reporter, where she reports on NBA games on TNT. The reporter was previously reporter for SEC college basketball and football games. She also hosts We Need to Talk for the CBS Sports Network. LaForce also served as anchor of the broadcast sports channel and reporter for the Cleveland, Ohio, FOX affiliate WJW. She was honored with an Emmy Award in 2011 as anchor of FOX's Friday Night Touchdown football show. She played basketball while in college at Ohio University and was Miss Teen USA for five years. LaForce started her pageantry career when she was awarded Miss Ohio Teen USA's title in 2005 at the end of September 2004, her first try at being crowned. On August 8, 2005, she represented Ohio in her first Miss Teen USA pageant in Baton Rouge (Louisiana). LaForce competed in the evening dress, swimsuit and final interview contests. She was named Miss Teen USA 2005 by her predecessor Shelley Hennig, Miss Teen USA 2004 from Louisiana. Lesa LaForce is a native of Louisiana. She was named Rummell is Miss Ohio USA in 1977. The prize she won was a contract to work for one calendar year as a model at Trump Modeling Management and she also won a scholarship for the School for Film and Television New York City. Her appearance as a guest in the NBC soap opera Passions earned her acclaim.