Allison is the Director of the Miss Austin Texas Pageant. She started competing in the Miss Austin pageant at the age of 16 and eventually went on to win Miss Austin USA 2007 placing at Miss Texas USA in the semi-finals three years in a row. Allison has served on the Miss Austin Pageant board since 2008 working with contestants on stage presence and modeling having clients place at Miss Texas USA and Miss Texas Teen USA. A native Austinite, Allison graduated from the University of Texas-Austin and now owns the popular website Austin Moms.