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Ali Landry
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Ali Landry, born July 21, 1973, is a former Miss USA (1996), and model and actress.

Her first foray into pageantry came in 1990 when Landry was crowned Miss Louisiana Teen USA, becoming the first representative from Louisiana directed by RPM Productions.[citation needed] 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 broadcast live from South Padre Island, Texas in February 1996, where 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 predeccessor 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 last after the final question.

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.

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. She was named by "People" magazine as one of 50 most beautiful people in the world in 1998.

A trained gymnast, Landry still required hours of takes to get the seconds of footage of her doing acrobatic stunts right for the commercials. 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.