ALI LANDRY Bio

03Nov09

ALI LANDRY is a former Miss USA (1996), Landry is a tall, beautiful model and actress. She is best known as the Doritos Girl from her 1998 Super Bowl commercial, and for her role as Rita Lefleur on the UPN sitcom Eve. She was named by People magazine as one of 50 most beautiful people in the world in 1998.

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Landry grew up in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, which is known as Cajun country (Acadiana). Landry is of French (Cajun) descent. She attended Cecilia High School, graduating in 1991, where she was captain of the cheerleading squad. She attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana, where she majored in mass communication, and was in the Kappa Delta Sorority.

Her first experience in pageantry came in 1990 when she was crowned Miss Louisiana Teen USA. She represented Louisiana in the 1990 Miss Teen USA pageant, held in Biloxi, Mississippi, in July 1990. She placed first in the preliminary swimsuit and evening gown competitions.

Landry and her husband Alejandro Monteverde worked, made the film Bella (1996). Bella was directed by Monteverde. Monteverde, and fellow filmmakers for Bella, received honors for this movie, from the Toronto Film Festival, the White House, and the Smithsonian. The couple are a hot often in Hollywood news, and have a beautiful daughter , Istela Ines, born July 11, 2007.

Birth Name: Ali Landry
Born: July 21, 1973, in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana

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