Ali Landry Monteverde

Ali Landry broke onto the scene and gained instant fame as "the Doritos Girl", when she was featured in a commercial for Frito Lay during the 1998 Super Bowl telecast. The next day, the NY Post hailed in a cover story "A star was born during Superbowl XXXII". Later that year, she was named one of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful".Following the success of the commercial campaign, Ali, who was crowned Miss USA 1996, made the transition from modeling to acting with a variety of film and television roles. Most recently, she co-starred in the feature film _Bella (2006)_ (qv), which won the Toronto Film Festival Award in 2006, in addition to three seasons on the hit UPN Network series _Eve (2003)_ (qv).Other television appearances included recurring roles on _Felicity (1998)_ (qv), _Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (1998)_ (qv), _Sunset Beach (1997)_ (qv) and _Popular (1999)_ (qv). Her hosting credits have included the weekly music-talk show _Farmclub.com (2001)_ (qv), _Cooking with Mom (2003)_ (qv) and _Full Frontal Fashion (2002)_ (qv) on WE: Women's Entertainment, and NBC's _Spy TV (2001)_ (qv). Plus, Ali was an MTV staple in the summer of 1999, appearing in the popular video for '98 Degrees' (qv)' single, "I Do". In feature films, she co-starred in _Beautiful (2000)_ (qv), directed by 'Sally Field' (qv), in 2000.A trained dancer in jazz, tap and ballet for 15 years, Landry hails from Beaux Bridge, Louisiana. She also enjoys kickboxing and gymnastics. Ali currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband, director 'Alejandro Monteverde' (qv), and their daughter, Estela.::Brian Edwards (II)