About NADIA

Nadia Nalini Neubert was initiated into Odissi dance at the age of 9 in Trinidad and Tobago by Mondira Balkaransingh of the Nrityanjali Dance Theatre, a disciple of Guru Mayadhar Raut. She won several dance competitions representing her college and performed at the Trinidad and Tobago Telethon in Trinidad at an early age.  

She visited several islands in the Caribbean with her dance troupe and performed on many occasions for diplomats and other government officials in Trinidad and Tobago. Since migrating to the United States in 1994, Nadia became a student of Bani Ray a disciple of Guru Deba Prasad Das’ gharana who lead her to Guru Durga Charan Ranbir with whom she has graciously danced under his tutelage since then. Nalini also continues her training with Bani Ray and recently Jyoti Shrivastava and is a dancer with the Trinayan Collective, a not-for-profit 501-C (3) company dedicated to creating, exploring and reflecting evocative interpretations of Odissi Dance in New York City. She was also a principal dancer for Kalamandir Dance Company in New Jersey and is currently co-founder of Apsaras of South Jersey a Bollywood dance group. She is a licensed Zumba Fitness Instructor and CEO of BollyTrim a dance fitness company based in New Jersey. In 2015 she founded her own dance fitness platform called BollyTrim, a registered Trademark.
 

Her performances include:
Lotus Music and Dance Studios in New York for several dance productions that include New York Ramayana at the Pace University, Baruch College and John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Odissi Festival in Washington, D.C. in 2004, Sakshi, New York, April 2006, Yoga Vedanta Weekend, Woodstock, New York, May 2006 GUNA, New York June 2008 and many more performances in the New York/New Jersey area. International Performances include: Indian Arrival Day celebrations in Trinidad and Tobago in 2000, The International Food Festival in Guyana, South America in 2005.

Nadia is 2018 Mrs. South Asia International and the 2017 winner of Mrs. Bollywood USA. Since then she has pursued a modeling career in New Jersey, Philadelphia and New York and has walked in the Atlantic City and Philadelphia Fashion week. As well as worked for numerous designers. She has also acted in television advertisements, and is working on several upcoming projects involving dance, modeling and acting. 2020 was a successful year for Nadia having won the title of SWAG Icon of India 2020, Miss Ultimate Diamond 2021, IFAB Model of the Year 2021 and Mrs. Caribbean American Tourism 2021 and 2022. In 2024, Nadia won the main titles at the Tourism pageant in Nashville, TN - Worlds Mrs. Tourism 2025 and Worlds Miss Ultimate Grand Supreme 2025, Worlds Miss Tourism Cover Model Queen, Worlds Miss Tourism Hollywood Queen and Worlds Miss Tourism Media Model Supreme.

Nadia has also been featured as the runway manager and show host for Atlantic City Fashion Week and the show host for New York City Couture Week with Aristocrat TV and many fashion shows with Mr. John Blassingame. 

Nadia is a multi-published international model with countless published printed front covers in fashion magazines across the United States and around the world. She has worked alongside many notable names in the fashion industry including the producers of Philadelphia Fashion Week, Rhode Island Fashion week, Fashion Week Brooklyn, Samina Mughal, Black Beauty Expo in Philadelphia and Atlanta GA, Runway 7, Hi-Tech Moda, Madelange Laroche, Orlando Caquias, Sunny Leone, Sushmita Sen, Shilpa Shetty, Raveena Tandon and many more. Nadia finds great pride in having modeled at the Trinidad and Tobago Consulate in 2023 in New York City, launching New York Fashion Week for the first season of 2023. 

Career wise, Nadia works full time in Philadelphia in the corporate legal field while a wife and mother of 4, teaching numerous dance and fitness classes and being a career model.