India's
Adline
Quadros
Castelino
recently
made
the
nation
proud
when
she
finished
as
the
third
runner-up
at
the
69th
Miss
Universe
pageant.
While
social
media
was
flooded
with
congratulatory
wishes
for
Adline,
actress
Celina
Jaitly
also
joined
in
to
pen
a
congratulatory
post
for
her.
Celina
congratulated
Adline
and
recalled
her
own
Miss
Universe
journey.
For
the
unversed,
the
No
Entry
actress
was
the
third
runner-up
at
the
Miss
Universe
pageant
in
2001
before
she
was
launched
in
Bollywood
by
late
actor
Feroz
Khan
in
the
2003
film
Janasheen.
Celina
shared
a
collage
of
herself
and
Adline
and
captioned
it
as,
"When
I
became
Ms
Universe
2001
-
Runners
Up,
I
did
not
realise
it
would
take
20
years
for
India
to
reach
this
position
again,"
adding,
"Hearty
congratulations
to
@adline_castelinofficial
on
nailing
the
runners
up
for
India,
congratulations
@missdivaorg
@missindiaorg
Its
great
to
see
India
back
in
the
game.
@missuniverse
#india
#missindia
#celinajaitly
#celina
#celinajaitley
#adlinecastelino
#missuniverse."
Besides
Celina,
Lara
Dutta,
who
won
the
Miss
Universe
pageant
in
2000,
also
took
to
her
Instagram
story
to
wish
Adline
and
wrote,
"Congratulations
@adline_castelinofficial!!!
You
carried
a
billion
dreams
with
elegance,
poise
and
confidence!!!
#India@Universe
@missuniverse
@missdivaorg."
Earlier,
in
an
interview,
Adline
had
opened
up
about
representing
India
at
Miss
Universe
pageant
and
told
Latestly,
"As
a
young
girl
growing
up
in
Kuwait
with
no
exposure,
I
would
always
look
up
to
Miss
Universe
with
so
much
awe
but
never
imagined
a
girl
like
me
who
had
a
speech
defect
and
had
marks
on
her
body
could
ever
represent
her
country
on
such
a
prestigious
platform."
Further
on
being
asked
if
she
aspires
to
pursue
acting
as
other
beauty
queens
in
the
past,
Adline
revealed,
"I
have
always
been
an
adventurous
person,
open
to
trying
every
aspect
of
my
personality
in
every
opportunity
that
comes
my
way.
So,
of
course,
I
wouldn't
mind
it
(acting),
but
I
also
aspire
to
venture
into
business
since
I
am
a
business
graduate,
and
my
passion
lies
there
too.
So
let's
see
what
the
future
has
in
store
for
me."