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Alison Mary Dudek was born and raised in Miami, Florida's hip, artsy, conclave of Coconut Grove. She loved playing in the tropical, seven acre, Merry Christmas Park, right across the street from her home on Barbarossa Avenue. Ali graduated from the University of Miami in 2001 and relocated to Seattle, WA.
Currently, Ali Dudek is an anchor/reporter for The Varsity News. TVN is a high school sports show with a similar look to ESPN's Sportscenter. She is also the host of Driving Sports, a show about all of the ins and outs of fast cars. In addition, Ali hosts a show called Girl's Night Out, focusing on night life for twenty-somethings. Recently, Ali Dudek appeared on ABC's The Bachelor: Paris. "This was absolutely an interesting experience, and I made a lot of great girlfriends." Last year she was chosen among thousands to be one of ten contestants on a national TV Show, CMTs "Popularity Contest". The show dropped 10 city slickers of various backgrounds into the small Texas town of Vega; located 30 miles west of Amarillo, on the old Route 66. The townspeople vote on who should win the title of "Most Popular". "I loved being part of the show, and interacting with the residents of Vega. They were really down to earth and I miss their welcoming town." says Ali. "Popularity Contest" premiered April 11, 2005 on cable TVs, Country Music Television, right after the Country Music Awards. MTV and Viacom own CMT. Mike Pack, producer of "Popularity Contest" says, "Ali Dudek is America's Sweetheart, the All-American girl.
Ali Dudek recently returned from Europe, performing in the month long "Budweiser World Cup Cheerleader Tour. The English newspaper THE SUN reports "Budweiser, official beer of the 2006 World Cup, hand-picked the troupe from the best cheerleaders in America to launch the Passport to Germany promotion." Budweiser hired Ali to star, choreograph and manage the Budweiser Beerleaders. Ali performed at Munich Stadium, Nuremberg Stadium, Frankfurt Stadium and at Gelsenkirchen Stadium. After rehearsing and performing for several days in Germany, she headed to the UK to tour. Ali performed in cities like Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham, London, Belfast, and Dublin.
The Seattle area has been great to Ali Dudek. For the last four years, she's been dancing for the NBA Seattle SuperSonics. This team is regarded as one of the best dance teams in the nation and has been featured on ESPN and Fox Sports Net. "I feel happiest performing for an arena full of 30,000 people," says Ali, "It's my passion and performing is where my heart lies." Prior to that, she was a professional cheerleader (Seagal) for the NFL Seattle Seahawks and finished in the top ten at the Miss Washington 2003 finals, part of the Miss America Pageants. In 2004, Alison was crowned Miss Evergreen (Washington is the Evergreen State), took home the top talent award, and again finished among the top ten finalists at the Miss Washington pageant
Ali continues to expand her show business career, as a professional model, actress, and on-camera talent for Hilton Hotels, Discovery Channel Store, Ace Hardware, Microsoft, Redbull, Boeing, Seattle SuperSonics and various other clients. Ms. Dudek does TV production work for Fox Sports Net, MLB Seattle Mariners and NFL Seattle Seahawks. She also writes and sings her own music, "Music allows me to share my experiences through my lyrics and do what I love."
Ms. Dudek comes from a show business family. Her brother, Jason Dudek, is the producer/director of the award winning comedy documentary "Open Mic" with Dave Chappelle and many more nationally known comics. Jason lives in Los Angeles and is a member of the Directors Guild of America. He has worked on over 60 feature films and many network TV shows. Ali Dudek's father is Jim Dudek, who lives in Detroit and is the producer/director/writer of the comedy feature film, "P.I. Blues". Mr. Dudek says, "Ali is the complete talent package. She sings, acts, dances, choreographs, writes, produces and directs. She can do it all and I couldn't be prouder." Ali's mom, Cynthia, is her number one fan, "Alison has worked really hard to obtain the success that she has had in her life."
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