Bill Alverson, an Andalusia attorney and nationally recognized pageant coach and reality TV star, has a new show – Netflix’s “Insatiable.” PHOTO COURTESY OF BILL ALVERSON
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king of crowns South Alabama attorney’s pageant coaching inspires another TV series By Stephanie Snodgrass
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ne day, Andalusia’s Bill Alverson is just an attorney whose accidental hobby as a pageant coach is just something he loves to do. The next, a seven-page feature in The New York Times chronicling his pageant coaching story of Miss America wins crowns Alverson as the Pageant King. Before you know it, there’s a front row seat into his world on TLC’s “Coach Charming” and the CBS network buys his life rights. And today, it’s a scripted show on Netflix – “Insatiable” – which has been picked up for a second season. 20 NOVEMBER 2018
An accidental hobby
Alverson is a Dothan native and Auburn University graduate who earned his law degree from The University of Alabama. He began practicing in Andalusia in the early 1990s, specializing in family law and criminal defense. He did not make a practiced entrance into the pageant coaching world. Instead, he discovered the talent when prompted by his church choir director nearly two decades ago to help a local teen. Soon, word spread. Over the years, Alverson honed his craft, making his way into www.alabamaliving.coop