Alison Irwin

Big Brother Contestant
name = Alison Irwin


birthdate = birth date and age|1980|8|7
location = Meadville, Pennsylvania
season = Big Brother 4,
finish = Runner-up (Season 4)
14th place (All Stars)The Amazing Race contestant
name = Alison Irwin


caption =
birthdate = birth date and age|1980|8|7
location = Meadville, Pennsylanvia
season = Season 5
teammate = Donald Patrick
finish = 10th place (Season 5)

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

Biography

Irwin grew up in Meadville, Pennsylvania with her mother Melinda, father Jim and brother J.R. Irwin. [cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/tv/20030704bigbro0704p6.asp|title='Big Brother' star hails from Meadville |date=2003-07-04|first=Rob|last=Owen|publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|accessdate=2007-02-24] She graduated from University of Pittsburgh in 2002, majoring in exercise physiology. While in college she was a member of Delta Zeta sorority and Pitt dance team.

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.cite news|url= http://www.misspa.org/history.htm|title=Miss Pennsylvania Contestants through the years|publisher=Miss Pennsylvania organization|accessdate=2007-02-18] In 2003 Irwin was crowned Miss Greater Juniata 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 became a cheerleader for the AFL team, the Orlando Predators. As of the 2008 season, Irwin is no longer on the squad.

Reality television

Big Brother 4

During the summer of 2003, Alison 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.cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/tv/20030926brother0926fnp3.asp|title=Alison has no 'Big Brother' regrets|publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=2003-09-26|first=Rob|last=Owen|accessdate=2007-02-24]

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". The shows producer Bertram van Munster was initially upset at their casting for the season. [cite news|title=Freddy, Kendra engaged to the end|publisher=USA Today|url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2005-02-09-amazing-race_x.htm|first=Gary|last=Levin|date=2005-02-09|accessdate=2007-02-24] After finishing the first episode in first place, Alison and Donny were eliminated the very next episode, finishing in 10th place. [cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06159/696600-198.stm|title=Anderson: Ex-Pitt WR deals with reality|publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=2006-06-08|accessdate=2007-02-24]

Big Brother: All Stars

In 2006 Alison 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.

Other Appearances

She also appeared on a very small reality series, "Too Tall For Small".

References

External links

* [http://www.cbs.com/primetime/bigbrother4/guests/alison/index.shtml Profile of Alison Irwin by CBS for "Big Brother 4"]
* [http://www.cbs.com/primetime/bigbrother7/index.shtml?contId=0 Profile of Alison Irwin by CBS for "Big Brother 7"]
* [http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race5/teams/alison/bio.shtml Profile of Alison and Donny by CBS for "The Amazing Race 5"]
* [http://misscentralpa.org/irwin.htm Miss Greater Juniata Valley 2003 profile]
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