Adline Castelino

Adline Castelino, full name Adline Mewis Quadros Castelino, was born on 24 July 1998. She is a model and actress. Castelino was born in Kuwait City to Manglorean parents Alphonse and Meera Castelino. Her family hails from Udupi, Karnataka. She attended Indian Central School in Kuwait. The family relocated to Mumbai, India, when she was 15, where she studied at St. Xavier’s High School. She completed her graduation in Business Administration at Wilson College. She speaks Hindi, English and her mother tongue, Konkani, fluently. Adline began modelling after the completion of her graduation. Along with modelling, she participated in an online beauty pageant in 2018. She did her pageant training at the Cocoaberry Training Academy, where she was crowned Miss Cocoaberry Diva in 2019 by the organisation. In 2019, she auditioned for the Miss Diva 2020 contest and got shortlisted as a city finalist. Eventually, in the Mumbai audition, she landed among the top 20 candidates.

She won the Miss Smasher award for her Badminton performance in the contest’s sports round, held at Bennet University. On 22nd February 2020, she was crowned Miss Diva 2020 at Yash Raj Studio, Andheri, Mumbai. Later she represented India at the Miss Universe 2020, where she reached among the top 5 finalists and became the first Indian woman to get to the top 5 since 2001. She was adjudged as the 3rd runner-up in the contest. Adline has always been active in philanthropic activities; she works with a welfare organisation called ‘Vikas Sahayog Pratishthan’, which functions for the sustainable livelihood of farmers. She has raised funds for Child Welfare organisations and advocated child rights. She has worked in various music videos and a documentary series named Kingfisher Calender: The Making in 2021. Castelino was ranked no. 2 in The Times' Most Desirable Women in 2020.