Allie LaForce
Template:Pageant titleholder bioAlexandra Leigh "Allie" LaForce (born December 11, 1988) was Miss Teen USA 2005, representing her hometown of Vermilion, Ohio. She was previously crowned Miss Ohio Teen USA in 2004, and reigned until she won the Miss Teen USA crown. She was crowned by Shelley Hennig of Louisiana in the pageant held August 8, 2005 at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Her winnings included a modeling contract, for one year, with Trump Modeling Management and scholarship to The School for Film and Television in New York City. It also earned her a guest appearance in the NBC soap opera Passions.
Prior to winning the national crown, LaForce organised a successful fundraiser, Teens for Tsunami, which raised over $1,200, given to the Red Cross to support victims of the Boxing Day Tsunami. LaForce spent her reign promoting charitable organizations such as the Sparrow Clubs and Seeds for Peace.
Her mother, Lesa Rummell (now Lesa LaForce), was Miss Ohio USA 1977.
As Miss Teen USA, LaForce represented the Miss Universe Organization. Her "sister" 2005 titleholders were Natalie Glebova (Miss Universe, of Canada) and Chelsea Cooley (Miss USA, of North Carolina). On 15 August 2006 she passed on her crown to Katie Blair of Montana.
External links
- Miss Teen USA
- "Miss Teen USA 2005", VermilionOhioHarbourTown; URL last accessed March 18, 2006
- "Allie LaForce From Ohio, New Miss Teen USA", GlobalBeauties.com; URL last accessed March 18, 2006
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