Allie LaForce is a popular American journalist, model, and beauty pageant titleholder who is a reporter for Turner Sports which covers the NBA on TNT. She also worked as the host of We Need to Talk on the CBS Sports Network and also as a broadcast sports anchor and reporter for the Fox-affiliated WJW.
Early Life
Alexandra Leigh LaForce popularly known as Allie LaForce was born on December 11, 1988, in Vermilion, Ohio in the United States of America. She is the daughter of Lesa LaForce and Wade LaForce. She has not mentioned anything about her siblings.
Allie as a student attended the Vermilion High School. She then attended the Ohio University and graduated from it. For her majoring in the field of Journalism, she went and studied at the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism.
Allie LaForce Career
Allie started her pageantry career on August 8, 2005, she went to represent Ohio in the Miss Teen USA 2005 pageant which was held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She competed with others in an evening gown, swimsuit and then was announced as a winner after she was seen in the final interview round of the competition.
Allie started her journalism career by first working as a sideline reporter for the Sports time Ohio in the 2010 Mid – American Conference’s football season MAC men’s basketball tournament and also in the 2011 OHSAA basketball championship.
She then signed as an anchor and a reporter with WHW channel 8 which is Cleveland’s Fox affiliate. In 2014, Allie was announced as the replacer of Tracy Wolfson as a sideline reporter for the SEC on CBS.
Allie leaving CBS Sports was announced in June 2018, as the two sides could not come to terms on a new deal but Allie can be still seen making occasional appearances on the CBS due to her reporting role of March Madness.
She later signed a deal with Turner Sports so as to continue her role as a sideline reporter for the NBA of TNT and NCAA Tournament.
Allie LaForce Biography |
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Real Name | Alexandra Leigh LaForce |
Birth Date | 11 December 1988 |
Age | 32 Years |
Birth Place | Vermilion, Ohio, United States |
Nationality | American |
Profession | Journalist, Model |
Religion | Christianity |
Sun sign | Sagittarius |
Physical Statistics |
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Height | in feet inches – 5’ 8” – in Centimetres – 173 cm |
Weight | in Kilograms – 55 kg – in Pounds – 122 lbs |
Body Measurements | 34-24-35 |
Bra Size | 32B |
Waist Size | 24 |
Hips Size | 35 |
Shoe Size | 8 (U.S.) |
Hair Color | Blonde |
Eye Color | Green |
Body Type | Slim |
Family |
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Father | Wade LaForce |
Mother | Lesa LaForce |
Sister | None |
Brother | None |
Qualification/Education |
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School | Not Known |
College | Ohio University |
Relationship Status |
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Marital Status | Married |
Affair | No |
Is she a Lesbian? | No |
Husband? | Joe Smith |
Favorite Things |
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Hobbies | Not Known |
Favorite Sports | Basketball |
Favorite Food | Not Known |
Favorite Color | Not Known |
Personal Life
In 2015, the beautiful journalist Allie got married to the MLB relief pitcher Joe Smith who is a former professional basketball player who played the role of power forwarder. The couple currently lives together in their house in Houston.
Allie LaForce Net Worth
The talented host and journalist, Allie, earns a net estimated income of $ 3 million USD, through her journalism, modeling, and her career as a host. She is really passionate about her work and works hard and is known to give a different topic and content every time she is seen on the screen.
Trivia
- Allie played five games of basketball in her freshman year under the head coach Semeka Randall and a guard on the Bobcats women’s basketball team.
- She was crowned as Miss Ohio Teen USA in 2005 in September 2004 while her mother was crowned as Miss Ohio USA in 1977.
- Allie worked as a sideline reporter in Las Vegas for NBA Tv at the time of the NBA Summer League.
- She won a scholarship to the School for Film and Television in New York City and a one-year modeling contract with the Trump Modelling Management.
- In 2011, Allie won an Emmy Award for anchoring FOX 8’s Friday Night Touchdown high school football show.