  Interview: Designing 'Extreme Makeover' With Leigh Anne Tuohy
Brittany Frederick Brittany Frederick April 16th, 2011 10:00am
EDT  If her name sounds familiar, you're probably associating
Leigh Anne Tuohy with the film The Blind Side, which garnered
Sandra Bullock a Best Actress Oscar for playing her. What you
might not know is that Leigh Anne is a successful interior
designer, who brings her experience to the eighth season of
ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.  One of three new
designers on the scene (along with rapper/actor Alvin "Xzibit"
Joiner and former "Bachelorette" Jillian Harris), Leigh Anne
stopped by Starpulse to discuss joining the series, her design
philosophy, and the show's use of cutting-edge technology.   You
were involved with Extreme Makeover last season. What interested
you in coming aboard on a regular basis?  After we did it last
season, we were so moved, and we felt like it correlated with
our family and our platform. There were a lot of other reality
shows that had approached us,