Allison Alderson

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{{Infobox pageant titleholder

| name= Allison Alderson

| alias= Allison DeMarcus

| image= Allison DeMarcus November 2009.jpg

| title= Miss Tennessee Teen USA 1994
Miss Tennessee 1999
Miss Tennessee USA 2002

| nationalcompetition= Miss Teen USA 1994 (Top 6)
Miss America 2000
Miss USA 2002

| birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1977|1|18}}

| birth_place= Jackson, Tennessee, U.S.

| birth_name= Allison Leigh Alderson

| spouse= Jay DeMarcus (m. 2004)

| children= 2

| relatives = James Otto (brother-in-law)

| caption= Alderson in November 2009

| eye_color= Brown

| hair_color= Blonde

}}

Allison Leigh Alderson DeMarcus (born January 18, 1977) is an American actress, television host, and beauty pageant titleholder who has competed in the Miss Teen USA, Miss USA and Miss America pageants. Alderson is married to Jay DeMarcus, the bassist of country music band Rascal Flatts{{cite news|title=Life on road not so easy for touring country band |first=Chuck|last=Yarborough|publisher=The Plain Dealer|page=F3|date=2004-08-19}}

Biography

Alderson grew up in Jackson, Tennessee, and is a graduate of the University School of Jackson. She graduated cum laude with a degree in business administration from Rhodes College in 1999, where she served as president of the Chi Omega sorority. She won the Wall Street Journal Award for Excellence in Finance because she was the top finance student in her graduating class. As part of the Bryce Harlow Institute of Business and Government Affairs, she also studied at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.{{cite press release|date=2002-10-02|title=End drawing near for year as royalty|publisher=Clarksville Montgomery County Economic Development Council}}

Alderson's sister Amy held the Miss District of Columbia USA 1999 title, at the same time that Alderson was Miss Tennessee. Alderson's sister is married to country artist James Otto. Alderson was Miss Tennessee Teen USA 1994, Miss Tennessee 1999 and Miss Tennessee USA 2002.

Alderson currently works on the CMT show Hot 20 Countdown and is the regular host of the Miss Tennessee pageant, which is held in her hometown, Jackson. She has been a red-carpet-show host for the CMT Music Awards, a roving reporter and correspondent for the Miss America pageant, and a correspondent for CMT Insider. She served as "style judge" for CMT's Karaoke Dokey and hosted Extreme Makeover: Quickbooks Edition.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

Off camera, Alderson is on the boards of directors of Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, the Women's Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Middle Tennessee, and the Miss Tennessee Scholarship Pageant. She also volunteers for Chi Omega, the Nashville Symphony League, the Nashville Humane Association, the Nashville Ballet, Second Harvest Food Bank, the Nashville Alliance and the Oasis Center.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

Alderson is currently the founder and CEO of the Miss Volunteer America pageant.{{Cite web |title=National Staff |url=https://missvolunteeramerica.net/nationalstaff |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=Miss Volunteer America |language=en-US}}

Personal life

On May 15, 2004, Alderson married Jay DeMarcus, bassist and pianist in the band Rascal Flatts.{{cite web |title=Jay DeMarcus Welcomes Daughter Madeline Leigh |url=https://people.com/parents/jay-demarcus-welcomes-daughter-madeline-leigh/ |website=people.com}} Alderson met DeMarcus when she acted in the music video for the band's song "These Days". The couple has two children.{{cite web |title=Jay DeMarcus Welcomes Son Dylan Jay |url=https://people.com/parents/rascal-flatts-jay-demarcus-welcomes-son-dylan-jay/ |website=people.com}}{{cite web |title=Rascal Flatts' Jay DeMarcus Raising His Kids to 'Know Who Jesus Is' |url=https://www2.cbn.com/news/news/rascal-flatts-jay-demarcus-raising-his-kids-know-who-jesus |website=www2.cbn.com|date=20 August 2018 }}{{cite web |title=Rascal Flatts Drummer Jay DeMarcus Opened up About Placing Daughter for Adoption |url=https://www.distractify.com/p/jay-demarcus-adopted-daughter |website=www.distractify.com|date=18 August 2020 }}

Additionally, country music singer-songwriter James Otto is Alderson's brother-in-law through his marriage to her sister Amy.{{cite web|url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2010/08/25/james-otto-welcomes-daughter-ava-katherine/ |title=James Otto Welcomes Daughter Ava Katherine – Moms & Babies – Moms & Babies - People.com |publisher=Celebritybabies.people.com |date=August 2, 2010|access-date=March 26, 2012}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20080514052823/http://www.cmt.com/shows/dyn/people-magazine-on-cmt/series.jhtml CMT Shows]
[http://www.dcinternships.org/?programs=business-and-government-affairs Institute on Business and Government Affairs (IBGA) official website]

{{succession box

| before=Jaime Dudney

| title=Miss Tennessee Teen USA

| years=1994

| after=Lynnette Cole

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{{succession box

| before=Heather Heath

| title=Miss Tennessee

| years=1999

| after=Beth Hood

}}