Alison Irwin

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Alison Kemerer Irwin (born August 7, 1980)[ citation needed ] is most known for her appearances in three American reality TV shows, including two seasons of Big Brother and The Amazing Race 5 .

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Biography

Irwin grew up in Meadville, Pennsylvania with her mother Melinda, father Jim and brother J.R. Irwin. [1] She graduated from University of Pittsburgh in 2002, majoring in exercise physiology. [2] While in college she was a member of Delta Zeta sorority and Pitt dance team.[ citation needed ]

In 2001 she won the Miss Crawford County title and competed in the Miss Pennsylvania pageant and competed again as Miss Steel Valley in 2002. [3] In 2003 Irwin was crowned Miss Greater Juanita Valley but was unable to participate at Miss Pennsylvania because she was appearing on her first season of Big Brother at the time. During the 2001 pageant, Irwin competed against Erika Shay, who would also appear on The Amazing Race 5 .

After her eviction from Big Brother All Stars , Irwin moved to Orlando, Florida, where she is now a cheerleader for the AFL team, the Orlando Predators.[ citation needed ]

Reality television

Big Brother 4

During the summer of 2003, Irwin participated in the reality TV series Big Brother 4 which aired on CBS. She finished runner-up to Jun Song after eighty-two days in the house, for which she received $50,000. [2] She was on the losing end of a landslide 6-1 final vote in Jun's favor.

Amazing Race 5

In 2004 she participated in The Amazing Race 5 with her boyfriend, Donny Patrick, a football player at Bloomsburg University. The two had been together since prior to Irwin's participation on Big Brother. [2] The show's producer Bertram van Munster was initially upset at their casting for the season. [4] After finishing the first episode in first place, Irwin and Patrick were eliminated the very next episode, finishing in 10th place. [5]

Big Brother: All Stars

In 2006, Irwin returned to the Big Brother house to take part in the All Stars edition. She was the first to be eliminated by a vote of 8-2 on July 13, 2006. She expressed happiness over the lopsided final 2 defeat of Erika Landin who voted for Jun to defeat Alison in the final 2 of Big Brother 4, gloating that Mike Malin had "played" her and laughing that Erika would need a lot of therapy afterwards. Coincidentally or not, Irwin has never had any appearance related to BB since then.

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References

  1. ↑ Owen, Rob (2003-07-04). "'Big Brother' star hails from Meadville". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2007-02-24.
  2. 1 2 3 Owen, Rob (2003-09-26). "Alison has no 'Big Brother' regrets". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2007-02-24.
  3. ↑ "Miss Pennsylvania Contestants through the years". Miss Pennsylvania organization. Archived from the original on 2007-02-10. Retrieved 2007-02-18.
  4. ↑ Levin, Gary (2005-02-09). "Freddy, Kendra engaged to the end". USA Today. Retrieved 2007-02-24.
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