Allie LaForce

Alexandra Leigh LaForce (born 11 December 1988) is an American journalist, model, and beauty pageant contestant. She covers her coverage of the NBA as a reporter for Turner Sports on TNT. Her previous roles included being the main reporter for SEC college football games. She was also a courtside reporter for basketball games in the NCAA tournament, and hosts We Need to Talk on the CBS Sports Network. LaForce was also a journalist and broadcaster on Cleveland's FOX affiliated station WJW. She was the recipient of an Emmy award for her anchoring of FOX8's Friday Night Touchdown high school football program. She was Miss Teen USA in 2005 as well as played basketball in college on the campus of Ohio University LaForce began her professional career as a pageant queen after winning the Miss Ohio Teen USA 2005 title in September of 2004 during her debut attempt to win winning the title. Her next step was to represent Ohio in Ohio's participation in the Miss Teen USA 2005 pageant held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on the 8th of August, 2005. LaForce was named the winner of Miss Teen USA 2005, which was Louisiana's Shelley Hennig. She competed in the evening dress, swimming suit, and final interviews. Her mother, Lesa LaForce (nee Rummell) was Miss Ohio USA 1977. The prize she won was a one-year model agreement at Trump Modeling Management and a grant to the School for Film and Television located in New York City. A guest appearance on the NBC soap drama Passions was also a major draw for her.