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Ali Landry Profile |
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Birth Date: July 21, 1973
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Birth Place: Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, USA
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Birth Name: Ali Landry
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Height: 5'8"
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Biography |
Wherever Ali Landry pops up, there's water involved. She was
born on July 21, 1973, in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, the
Crawfish Capital of the World. Once she was all grown-up in
an orange one-piece swimsuit, she paddled off with the Miss
USA 1996 crown.
She has even done some laps on TV in what else other than
Sunset Beach, and her tidal turn on the small screen took
place in a laundromat. During last January's Super Bowl, she
wiped out viewers in an ad for Doritos Puffs: Two cool dudes
try to impress her with their prowess at catching the chips
in their mouths, but Landry, who studied tap, ballet, and
gymnastics for 15 years, outdoes them with a series of
splits and leaps performed with a man-melting smile.
Her commercial costar Sean P. Hayes says, "We were shooting
all day, and a lot of Doritos were consumed. I've never seen
anyone look better with orange powder on her face."
The 5'8" Landry, who lives in L.A. and dates Phoenix
Cardinals quarterback Stoney Case, still can't believe her
impact. "It's absolutely crazy," she says, citing her
imperfect vision ("I'm almost blind without my glasses"),
and her bunions (she kept her favorite tennis shoes through
a growth spurt).
Even her best beauty secret is low-priced. "I buy this
teeth-bleaching stuff at Target and do it myself," she says.
Her former apartment mate Brian Edwards swears it works:
"When Ali smiled, I would say, 'Stop it, you're blinding
me!'" |
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Other
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Miss Louisiana USA 1996.
Miss USA 1996.
Borrowed a dress for the Miss USA pageant from photographer
Kay Ouzts.
Named by "People" magazine as one of 50 most beautiful
people in the world 1998
Graduated from Cecelia High School in Cecelia, Louisiana in
1991.
Since her Doritos ad (aired during Super Bowl 1998) she had
male fans toss Doritos bags like footballs to her.
Member of Kappa Delta Sorority
She met Mario López when he emceed the 1998 Miss Teen USA
pageant and she was a commentator. He was instantly smitten.
Though she was hesitant, he persisted.
Engaged to actor/TV host Mario López (summer 2003).
She is from the southwestern region of Louisiana, also
referred to as "Acadiana"; this area is known as the "heart
of Cajun country".
Measurements are 36C-24-34
Miss Louisiana Teen USA 1990
Semi-finalist at Miss Teen USA 1990
Winner of the Miss Photogenic award at Miss USA 1996
She and Alejandro Gomez Monteverde were engaged over
Memorial Day 2005 in Mexico.
She attended and graduated from the University of
Southwestern Louisiana graduating with a BA in Mass
Communications.
Ali met her husband Alejandro at a Bible study at church.
Married Alejandro in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. |
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