Ali Landry

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Ali Landry
Landry in 2008
Born
Ali Germaine Landry

Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[citation needed]
Spouses
(m. 2004; ann. 2004)
(m. 2006)
Children3
Miss USA 1996
Years active1997–present
Hair colorBrown[citation needed]
Eye colorBrown[citation needed]
Major
competition(s)
  • (top 6)
  • Ali Germaine Landry

    commercial. In 1998, she was named by People magazine as one of 50 most beautiful people in the world.[2]

    Early life

    Landry was named after

    cheerleaders. She attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana, now University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and majored in mass communication. She is a member of Kappa Delta
    sorority.

    Pageantry

    Her first foray into 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, where she placed first in the preliminary swimsuit and evening gown competitions, but was ranked seventh during the final competition.

    In 1995, Landry won the 1996

    1996
    title.

    She is the first former Miss Teen USA delegate to win the Miss USA crown outright (her predecessor

    Miss USA Chelsi Smith, only inherited the title after Smith became Miss Universe
    ).

    Landry competed in the 1996

    Las Vegas
    in May that year. She placed first in the preliminary competition and was ranked second in the evening gown and interview events during the final competition. She was second going into the next round of six delegates, but she was eliminated after the judges' questions.

    Until 1999, Landry was the only former Miss Teen USA delegate to compete at Miss Universe. Her record at all three pageants was not surpassed until 2000 when Miss USA 2000, Lynnette Cole made the top 5 at all three pageants.

    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 2000 Super Bowl football games. She was named by People magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world in 1998.[6] Her house was featured on E!'s celebrity homes and on MTV's Cribs. She has been listed as one of FHM magazine's 100 Sexiest Women in the World numerous times. She was twice named on Stuff Magazine's 100 Sexiest Women list. Askmen.com has named her one of the 50 Most Beautiful Women and 99 Most Desirable Women in the World.

    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.

    She has hosted the English and Spanish-language versions of Spotlight to Nightlight, an interview show on Yahoo! where she talks with celebrity mothers about parenting issues. She also launched a lifestyle line, Belle Parish in 2009. Belle Parish launched with a children's clothing line in September 2009, to be in stores spring 2010. The line is inspired by her Southern upbringing and the keepsake items her mother saved from her childhood.

    Landry starred in (and was the executive producer of)

    TV Guide Network's show, Hollywood Moms' Club, in November 2011.[7] For the year 2012 she was the new face and spokesmodel of Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula, following in the footsteps of celeb moms Samantha Harris and Laila Ali who previously posed for Palmer's.[8]

    Personal life

    Landry met actor and TV personality

    Miss Teen USA 1998 pageant and she was a commentator. They were engaged during the summer of 2003 and married on April 24, 2004, in a Catholic ceremony in front of 50 guests at the exclusive Las Alamandas resort outside Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.[9] Two weeks later, she had the marriage annulled after learning that Lopez was unfaithful during his bachelor party before the wedding.[9][10]

    She married film director Alejandro Gómez Monteverde on April 8, 2006, in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.[11][12] They have three children: a daughter born in July 2007,[13] and sons born in October 2011[14] and July 2013.[15] Their son Valentin's middle name was inspired by Pope Francis, as Landry and Monteverde met him while she was pregnant and he blessed the baby.[15]

    Her father-in-law, Juan Manuel Gómez Fernández, and brother-in-law, Juan Manuel Gómez Monteverde, were found dead with fatal head wounds in Pueblo Viejo, in the Mexican state of Veracruz, on September 19, 2015, approximately two weeks after they were kidnapped from their home in nearby Tamaulipas.[16] On November 9, 2015, six people were arrested for the kidnapping and murder of Gómez Fernández and Gómez Monteverde. The suspects were allegedly holding six Central American nationals hostage at the time of their arrest, according to the Chief of the Mexican Federal Police.[17]

    Filmography

    Landry at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival

    Landry and her husband Alejandro Monteverde made the film Bella together. Bella was directed by Monteverde and was produced by their business partners Sean Wolfington, Eduardo Verástegui, Leo Severino, and Denise Pinckley.[18] Monteverde and the filmmakers received honors for Bella from the Toronto Film Festival, the Smithsonian and the White House. The Smithsonian Latino Center honored Monteverde with their "Legacy Award".[19] Monteverde was also given the "Outstanding American by Choice" award for Bella's positive contribution to Latino art and culture in the U.S.[20]

    US President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush saw the film and invited Monteverde to sit with Laura Bush in her private box during the annual State of the Union speech in 2007.[21]

    Film
    Year Title Role Notes
    2000 Beautiful Belindy Lindbrook
    2001 Soulkeeper Red Head
    2002 Repli-Kate Kate / Repli-Kate
    2002 Outta Time Bella
    2002 Who's Your Daddy? Elissa Bauer Video
    2006 Bella Celia
    2011 Me Again April
    2011 Crescendo I Teacher Short film
    2015 Little Boy Ava
    Television
    Year Title Role Notes
    1997 Clueless Masseuse #1 - Tiffany Episode: "Sharing Cher"
    1997 Sunset Beach Kenzie (uncredited) 3 episodes
    1997 Conan the Adventurer Raina Episode: "The Ruby Fruit Forest"
    1998 Prime Time Comedy Host TV movie
    1998 The Bold and the Beautiful Amur Episode: "1.2730"
    1998 Significant Others Gorgeous Woman Episode: "Pilot"
    1998 America’s Greatest Pets Co-host 2 episodes
    1998-2000 Pensacola: Wings of Gold Teri 9 episodes
    1999 Popular Heather Episode: "Mo' Menace, Mo' Problems"
    1999 Malcolm & Eddie Kellie Bradford Episode: "Won't Power"
    1999 Miss Universe 1999 Host/Color Commentator
    2000 Two Guys and a Girl Girl at Laundromat Episode: "Bridesmaid Revisited"
    2000 Felicity Natalie 4 episodes
    2001 Farmclub.com Host TV series
    2001 Inside Schwartz Anne Episode: "Event Night"
    2002 Spy TV Herself / Hostess 8 episodes
    2003 Fastlane Hillary Episode: "Dosed"
    Episode: "Iced"
    2003–2006 Eve Rita Lefleur 66 episodes
    2008 Criminal Minds Kaylee Robinson Episode: "Masterpiece"
    2008
    TruTV Presents World's Dumbest
    Herself, panelist Episode: "World's Dumbest Drivers 4"
    2011, 2020–22 The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Herself 4 episodes
    2016 Miss USA 2016 Herself Telecast Judge
    2016–17 Hollywood Today Live Various / Co-Hostess 150 episodes
    2018 Kevin Can Wait Lisa Episode: "Flight or Fight"
    2019 Chic Mama Drama Ali Episode: "Behind-The-Scenes"

    References

    1. ^ "Ali Landry – Biography". Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
    2. People
      , May 11, 1998.
    3. ^ "Two to represent Louisiana at national pageants in '96". August 28, 1995. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
    4. ^ "Origin of Ali Landry". Archived from the original on March 15, 2008. Retrieved December 9, 2007.
    5. ^ Christine Fontana (March 1, 2006). "Ali Landry". neworleanscitybusiness.com. Retrieved November 21, 2009. Born in Cecilia, Landry is a Cajun girl at heart [dead link]
    6. ^ "AliLandry.info – The Official Website of Ali Landry". Archived from the original on May 12, 2008. Retrieved January 4, 2008.
    7. US Weekly
      . August 6, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
    8. ^ "See Ali Landry's Bare Baby Bump". September 12, 2011. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
    9. ^ a b Mark Armstrong, Ulrica Wihlborg (May 12, 2004). "Landry, Lopez Split After 2-Week Marriage". People. Archived from the original on July 29, 2010. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
    10. AskMen.com. 2007. Archived from the original
      on August 5, 2012. Retrieved February 28, 2007.
    11. ^ "In Style: Celebrity Weddings". ABC. February 5, 2007. Archived from the original on March 17, 2007. Retrieved March 26, 2007.
    12. ^ Borzillo-Vrenna, Carrie (April 9, 2006). "Ali Landry Weds in Mexico". People Magazine. Retrieved March 19, 2007.
    13. ^ Dyball, Rennie (July 12, 2007). "Former Doritos Girl Ali Landry Has a Daughter". People. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
    14. ^ Raferty, Liz; Garcia, Jennifer (October 10, 2011). "Ali Landry and Alejandro Monteverde Have a Baby Boy". People. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
    15. ^ a b "Ali Landry Welcomes Son Valentin Francesco". People. July 11, 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
    16. ^ Miller, Michael (September 24, 2015). "Ali Landry's Father-in-Law and Brother-in-Law Found Dead in Mexico 16 Days After Kidnapping". People. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
    17. ^ Hecht, John (November 9, 2015). "Police Arrest Six People Over Murder of Director Alejandro Monteverde's Father, Brother". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
    18. ^ "'Bella' producer says THR put film on radar". The Hollywood Reporter. September 27, 2006. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
    19. ^ Aaron Glickman (March 13, 2007). "SmithsonianHonorsBella". SocialMiami.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved March 16, 2007.
    20. ^ Aaron Glickman (March 1, 2007). "Bella Producer Sean Wolfington". SocialMiami.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2007. Retrieved March 16, 2007.
    21. ^ Tomas C. (January 25, 2007). "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". HispanicTips.com. Archived from the original on March 28, 2007. Retrieved March 16, 2007.

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    Awards and achievements
    Preceded by
    Elizabeth Coxe
    Miss Louisiana USA
    1996
    Succeeded by
    Nikole Viola
    Preceded by
    1996
    Succeeded by
    Media offices
    Preceded by
    2002
    Succeeded by
    Preceded by Miss Universe color commentator
    (with Julie Moran)
    19982000
    Succeeded by
    Preceded by Miss USA color commentator
    (with Julie Moran)
    19982000
    Succeeded by
    Vanessa Minnillo and Lara Dutta
    Preceded by
    1998–2000
    Succeeded by
    Preceded by Spy TV host
    Season 2 (2002)
    Succeeded by
    series cancelled