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Life After the Crown is an interview based podcast where 3-Time Emmy winning pageant host Tim Tialdo welcomes former pageant contestants, titleholders and women of influence to share inspiring and real stories about their successful professional and life experiences across many different industries. They also share useful advice on how to make the transition from pageant life to the real world.

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Miss Florida 2012 Laura Rutledge - How Competing In Pageants and Winning Miss Florida Prepared For My Sports Broadcasting Career at ESPN

Apr 23, 2019

She joined ESPN’s coverage of the Southeastern Conference in 2014 as a reporter on SEC Network and ESPN. She recently signed a multiyear contract extension in the summer of 2018.

She has expanded her portfolio at the network over the past year to include co-hosting Get Up!, regular stints as a SportsCenter anchor and a red carpet host at the Home Depot College Football Awards and the ESPYs.

She also contributes to ESPN and SEC Network’s live-event programming for college football, basketball, gymnastics, baseball and softball.

Prior to joining ESPN, she was a sports anchor for CNN’s New Day and Early Start. She also worked on HLN’s Morning Express with Robin Meade, as well as Fox Sports.

She has a broadcast journalism degree from the University of Florida, where she also won the 2011 Red Barber Award for Excellence in Broadcasting at UF.