Ali Landry (born July 21, 1973) is a model and actress best known as the 1996 Miss USA.
Landry grew up in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, in the southwestern part of the state, and is of Cajun descent.
Her first foray into pageantry came in 1990 when she was crowned Miss Louisiana Teen USA. In 1996 Landry became Miss Louisiana USA and went on to win the Miss USA pageant. She competed in the 1996 Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas and finished in the top six. In later years she has been a hostess for Miss USA.
Landry has done much modeling for photographers and magazines, and she specializes in swimsuit and lingerie modeling. As a spokeswoman for the Doritos chips company, she appeared in celebrated TV commercials airing during the 1998 and 1999 Super Bowl football games. A trained gymnast, she still required hours of takes to get the seconds of footage of her doing acrobatic stunts right for the commercials. Starting in 2003 she had a recurring role in 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.
Landry married longtime boyfriend Mario López on April 24, 2004, but two weeks later she had the marriage annulled because of allegations that he cheated on her during his bachelor party. She 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.
