Tarini Kalingarayar’s life until now has been one of a placid and steady rise rather than an overnight success story. In the year 2000, on the 11th of January, her birth took place in Chennai, and by the year 2025, she should be 25 years of age and her name would have reached some level of acceptance in down-to-earth fashion and modeling. She had a simple yet supportive family. Her father, Harihar Raj, dabbled in acting; her mother, Arathy, is with Reliance; and her sister Shivani strayed into law. Looking at the family background, her grandfather was a pilot in the Indian Air Force and later became an MP, and therefore, her family has a lot of discipline and depth.
Her schooling was done at Bhavans Rajaji Vidyashram, later graduating with Visual Communication from M.O.P. Vaishnav College in Chennai. However, Tarini’s interest in modeling started rather early-in her 16th The? A curious step into pageants as a 16-year-old would soon see a whirlwind journey of continuous success. She became Miss Tamil Nadu in 2019 and then became that yearrunner-up in Miss South India while picking up some special titles along the way such as Miss Photogenic and Miss Personality. In 2021, she was third runner-up in Miss Diva (Miss Universe India), which opened even more doors.
Standing at around 5 feet 7 and a 1/2 inches tall, her calm disposition gets people’s attention equally in some measure as her height and looks. It is this combination of competitiveness, charm, and elegance, along with effortlessness, whether walking a ramp or showing up for a shoot as herself. She even bagged the award for Best Fashion Model in 2023, which was a great lift for this girl who’d been working silently for almost a decade.
On a personal front, she got engaged to actor Kalidas Jayaram in late 2023 and had a simple traditional wedding at Guruvayur Temple in December 2024. Simple but cute-just like them. Now, as Tarini starts 2025, she continues to pursue her passion without fitting into anyone else’s idea of what she should be, and this is really her strongest quality.
