Srinidhi Ramesh Shetty (born 21 October 1992) is an Indian actress, model and the winner of the
Miss Supranational 2016
Miss Supranational 2016 was the eighth Miss Supranational pageant. It was held on December 2, 2016, at MOSIR Arena in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland. Stephanía Vasquez Stegman of Paraguay crowned Srinidhi Shetty of India at the end of the event.
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pageant. Shetty was crowned as Miss Diva Supranational 2016 at the
Miss Diva 2016 pageant and later represented India at
Miss Supranational 2016
Miss Supranational 2016 was the eighth Miss Supranational pageant. It was held on December 2, 2016, at MOSIR Arena in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland. Stephanía Vasquez Stegman of Paraguay crowned Srinidhi Shetty of India at the end of the event.
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, which she won. She is the second Indian representative to have won this title. Shetty made her acting debut with the
Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
film
''K.G.F: Chapter 1'' (2018).
Early life and education
Srinidhi Ramesh Shetty was born on 21 October 1992, in a
Mangalorean
Mangaloreans ( Tulu: ''Kudladaklu''; Kannada: ''Mangaloorinavaruu''; Konkani: ''Kodialkar''; Beary: ''Maikaltanga''; Urdu: ''Kaudalvale'') are a collection of diverse ethnic groups that hail from the historical locales of South Canara (Tulunaa ...
family of
Tuluva
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s belonging to the
Bunt Bunt may refer to:
* Bunt (community), an elite social group from Karnataka, India
* Bunt (baseball), a batting technique in baseball
* Bunt (sail), a part of a ship's sail
* Bunt Island, island in Antarctica
* The Bunt, nickname of the Buntingfo ...
. Her father Ramesh Shetty is from the town of
Mulki, and her mother Kushala is from
Thalipady Guthu,
Kinnigoli
Kinnigoli is a major suburb in the outskirts of Mangalore Tehsil (Mangalore Township). It is located approximately 32 km from Mangalore City, 5 km from Kateel (a famous Hindu pilgrimage centre), 8 km from Mulki (5 km from ...
.
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
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (B.E.E. or BEE) is an undergraduate academic degree offered to a student who completes three to five years of study in electrical engineering at a university or college. Many institutes offer Bachelor of Scienc ...
degree from
Jain University
Jain University, officially JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), is a private deemed-to-be-university in Bangalore, India. Originating from Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College, it was conferred the deemed-to-be-university status in 2009. In August ...
,
Bangalore
Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...
, and graduated with distinction.
Pageantry
In 2012, Srinidhi competed in the
Clean & Clear-sponsored Fresh Face contest, where she was among the top two 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
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.

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
Miss Supranational
Miss Supranational is an annual international female beauty pageant, started in 2009, and with most contests held in Poland and a parallel male contest, Mister Supranational, began in 2016, also in Poland.
The current owners of Miss and Mist ...
2016. On 2 December 2016, she was crowned Miss Supranational 2016 by her predecessor Stephania Stegman of
Paraguay
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in Municipal Sports and Recreation Center,
Krynica-Zdrój
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,
Poland
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. 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
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,
France
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,
Japan,
Singapore
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,
Thailand
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,
Slovakia
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and numerous trips around
Poland
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and
India
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.
Acting career
Shetty made her acting debut with the 2018
Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
period action film, ''
K.G.F: Chapter 1'' opposite
Yash. It was directed by
Prashanth Neel. She portrayed a head strong girl, Reena Desai. The performances of every actor was praised. The film was a box office success, grossing ₹250 crore.
In 2022, she reprised her role of Reena in the film's
sequel
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, ''
K.G.F: Chapter 2''. Shetty's character became widely recognised, while the film received positive review. With earnings of ₹1,200–1,250 crore globally, it is the
highest grossing Indian film of 2022 and
third highest-grossing Indian film. The same year, she made her
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nati ...
debut with action thriller film ''
Cobra'' alongside
Vikram. The film was a
box-office bomb
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collecting ₹40 crore. Shetty portrayed Bhavana Menon, a criminology professor, ''
India Today
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'' said her character was "insignificant".
Filmography
Films
Accolades
References
External links
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Living people
Tulu people
Female models from Karnataka
Indian beauty pageant winners
1992 births
Miss Supranational winners
Actresses in Kannada cinema
Indian film actresses
Actresses from Mangalore