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'Ali Germaine Landry' (born July 21, 1973) is a former Miss USA (1996), model and actress. She is recognized as the Doritos Girl from her popular 1998 Super Bowl commercial. In 1998, she was named by ''People'' magazine as one of 50 most beautiful people in the world. ^[1]

Contents

Early life

Pageantry

Post pageants

Personal life

Filmography

References

External links

Early life

Landry grew up in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. This southern region of Louisiana is referred to as "Acadiana," the heart of Cajun country. Landry is of French and Spanish (Cajun) descent . She graduated from Cecilia High School in 1991. She attended the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and was majoring in Mass Communications. She is a sister member of Kappa Delta Sorority.

Pageantry

Her first foray into pageantry came in 1990 when she was crowned Miss Louisiana Teen USA, becoming the first representative from Louisiana directed by RPM Productions. She represented Louisiana in the Miss Teen USA 1990 pageant held in Biloxi, Mississippi in July 1990, where she place seventh.
In 1995, Landry won the Miss Louisiana USA 1996 title, becoming the first former Miss Louisiana Teen USA to win the Miss title. She went on to compete in the Miss USA 1996 pageant, which was broadcast live from South Padre Island, Texas in February 1996 — she placed third highest after the preliminary competition and second highest on average during the final event. She was the highest placed of the finalists and eventually went on to win the Miss USA 1996 title, the first former Miss Teen USA delegate to win the title (although her predecessor Shanna Moakler, previously Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 1992, had inherited the Miss USA title from Chelsi Smith the year before.
Landry went on to compete in the 1996 Miss Universe pageant held in Las Vegas in May that year. She placed highest on average after the presentation show, and was ranked second in the evening gown and interview events during the final competition, however only placed seventh in swimsuit. She was second going in to the final round of six delegates, but fell to sixth after the judge's panel questions.
Landry was at this time the only former Miss Teen USA delegate to compete at Miss Universe, and until 2000 would have the highest overall score of any delegate to compete in all three competitions.

Post pageants

Landry has done much modeling for photographers and magazines. As a spokeswoman for the Doritos chips brand, she appeared in celebrated TV commercials airing during the 1998, 1999 and 2000Super Bowl football games. She was named by "People" magazine as one of 50 most beautiful people in the world in 1998.
In 2002, she hosted the second season of the hidden-camera series ''Spy TV''. From 2003 to 2006, she was a regular cast member of the UPN sitcom ''Eve''.
Landry has participated in the show ''Fear Factor'', and was runner up. She is an avid athlete and also participated in the Boston Marathon.

Personal life

She met actor/TV personality Mario Lopez when he emceed the 1998 Miss Teen USA pageant and she was a commentator. They were engaged during the summer of 2003 and married on April 24, 2004, but two weeks later she had the marriage annulled over alleged infidelities committed by Lopez during the relationship.^[2]
Landry became engaged to film director Alejandro Gomez Monteverde on Memorial Day 2005. They were married on April 8, 2006 in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.^[3][4]
On March 30, 2007, she announced that she and her husband were expecting their first child in July 2007. On the morning of Tuesday, July 10, 2007 she gave birth to an 8 lbs, 2 oz. baby girl named Estela Ines Monteverde.^[5]

Filmography

Landry and her husband filmed ''Bella'' together.'' Bella'' was directed by her husband Alejandro Gomez Monteverde and was produced by their business partners Sean Wolfington, Eduardo Verastegui, Leo Severino, and Denise Pinckley.^[6]
Landry's husband, Alejandro Gomez Monteverde and ''Bella's'' filmmakers received honors from the Toronto Film Festival, the Smithsonian and the Whitehouse for ''Bella''. The Smithsonian Latino Center honored Monteverde with their "Legacy Award" at a private screening in Miami hosted by Florida Governor Jeb Bush and his wife Columba Bush, a native Mexican.^[7]
The director of the Department of Citizenship also gave her husband the "American by Choice" award for ''Bella's'' positive contribution to Latino art and culture in the U.S.^[8]
The president and first lady saw the film and invited Bella's director to sit with Laura Bush in her private box during the annual "State of the Union" speech in 2007.^[9][10]

★ ''Bella'' (2006)

★ ''Eve'' (2003) (TV series)

★ ''Who's Your Daddy?'' (2003) (V)

★ ''Will You Marry Me?'' (2003) (TV)

★ ''Spy TV'' (2001) (TV series, host of second season) (2002)

★ ''Outta Time'' (2002)

★ ''Repli-Kate'' (2002)

★ ''Soulkeeper'' (2001)

★ ''Farmclub.com'' (2001) (TV series)

★ ''Beautiful'' (2000)

★ ''Pensacola: Wings of Gold (?1999) (TV series, regular guest star)

★ ''America's Greatest Pets'' (1998) (TV series)

★ ''Sunset Beach'' (1997) (TV series)

References

1. "Ali Landry," ''People'', May 11, 1998.
2. Annulment Information
3. In Style: Celebrity Weddings abc.com
4. Ali Landry Weds in Mexico Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna
5. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20046127,00.html
6. ''Hollywood Reporter''
7. SmithsonianHonorsBella Aaron Glickman
8. Bella Producer Sean Wolfington Aaron Glickman
9. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH INVITED MEXICAN FILM DIRECTOR ALEJANDRO MONTEVERDE TO SIT IN THE FIRST LADY’S BOX DURING HIS STATE OF UNION ADDRESS, AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF IMMIGRANTS TO AMERICAN SOCIETY Tomas C.
10. White House Honors Family Film Zenit

External links

★ Ali Landry's Official Web Site

★ Ali Landry's Official Fan Club at Yahoo Groups

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★ Ali Landry Picture Galleries

★ Ali Landry at AskMen