Srinidhi Shetty


Srinidhi Shetty is an Indian model, actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned as Miss Diva Supranational 2016 at the Miss Diva - 2016 pageant and later represented India at :pl:Miss Supranational|Miss Supranational 2016, which she won. She is the second Indian representative to have won this title. She has worked in Kannada and Tamil movies.

Early life and education

Srinidhi Ramesh Shetty was born on 21 October 1992, in a Tulu-speaking Bunt Tuluva Hindu family. Both of her parents are from Karnataka state, India. Her father Ramesh Shetty is from the town of Mulki, and her mother Kushala is from Thalipady Guthu, Kinnigoli. She was educated at Sri Narayana Guru English Medium School, followed by a pre-university course at St. Aloysius Pre-University College. She received a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from Jain University, Bangalore, and graduated with distinction.

Pageantry

In 2012, Shetty competed in the Clean & Clear-sponsored Fresh Face contest, where she was among the top-five finalists. Later, she participated in Manappuram Miss South India in 2015 and won the titles of Miss Karnataka and Miss Beautiful Smile, and later participated in Manappuram Miss Queen of India where she was crowned as the 1st runner up and also named Miss Congeniality. She also worked as a model while employed at Accenture.
In 2016, she participated in the 2016 Miss Diva pageant, where she was selected as a finalist and won the Miss Supranational India 2016 title. She also won three subtitles for her smile, body and her photogenic face. She went on to represent India at :pl:Miss Supranational|Miss Supranational 2016. On 2 December 2016, she was crowned Miss Supranational 2016 by her predecessor Stephania Stegman of Paraguay in Municipal Sports and Recreation Center, Krynica-Zdrój, Poland. She also won the title of Miss Supranational Asia and Oceania 2016 in the pageant.
During her reign as Miss Supranational 2016, Srinidhi traveled to United Arab Emirates, France, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Slovakia and numerous trips around Poland and India.

Acting

After winning Miss Supranational, Srinidhi began to receive offers to act in films. She had her acting debut in the period action film K.G.F. in 2018. Directed by Prashanth Neel, this was the highest-budget film of Kannada cinema at the time. She has a prominent role in the film's sequel,. She was casted in a Tamil film Cobra alongside Vikram.

Filmography

Year InFilmRoleLanguageNotesRef
2018'Reena DesaiKannadaDebut
2020'Reena DesaiKannadaPost production
2020CobraBhavana MenonTamilFilming

Awards and nominations