{{Short description|American model (born 1994)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox model | name = Dilone | birth_name = Janice Altagracia Dilone | image = Dilone Paris Fashion Week Autumn Winter 2019.jpg | image_size = | caption = Dilone in 2019 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|5|13}} | birth_place = New York City, U.S. | spouse = | height = {{height|m=1.80}}<!--Note:Do NOT change her height, we go according to the measurements her agency has listed, not your own interpretation--> | hair_color = Dark brown | eye_color = Brown | agency = {{Plainlist| * Creative Artists Agency (New York, Los Angeles) * VIVA Model Management (Paris, London, Barcelona) * d'management group (Milan) * 2pm Model Management (Copenhagen) * Priscilla's Model Management (Sydney)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://models.com/models/Janiece-Dilone |title=Dilone |website=models.com}}</ref> }} }}

'''Janiece Altagracia Dilone'''{{refn|Sources such as Elle Magazine<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elle.com/fashion/accessories/a25735992/love-is-tiffany-co/|title=Love Is: Being in the Water, Mentoring Teen Girls, Hanging with Animals, Candy... |work=Elle|date=February 1, 2019}}</ref> have spelled it Janice rather than Janiece.|group=n}} (born May 13, 1994), known mononymously as '''Dilone''', is an American model. She has been on the cover of ''I.D.'', ''Harper's Bazaar'', ''InStyle'', ''Vogue Mexico'', ''Vogue Nederland'', ''Vogue Portugal'', ''10 Magazine'', ''Puss Puss'', ''Porter'', ''T'', and ''Allure''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allure.com/story/women-of-color-on-beauty-diversity-april-2017-cover |title=41 Women of Color Get REAL About Beauty and Diversity |author=Elizabeth Siegel |author2=Lindsy Van Gelder |website=Allure |date=March 21, 2017}} Photography by Patrick Demarchelier.</ref> and is currently ranked one of the Top 50 models in the industry by models.com.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://models.com/rankings/ui/Top50/19874#19874 |title=MODELS.com's Top 50 Models |website=models.com}}</ref>

==Early life== Dilone has nine siblings and is of Dominican descent.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://people.com/chica/janiece-dilone-latina-model-to-watch/ |title=Meet Dilone: The Modeling Industry's Newest Latina to Watch |date=August 30, 2017 }}</ref> She goes by Dilone because she wanted to represent her family.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.topshop.com/blog/2017/09/adwoa-aboah-hailey-baldwin-dilone-topshop-models-told-us-names-mean |title=Adwoa Aboah, Hailey Baldwin, Dilone And More... The Topshop Models Told Us What Their Names Mean To Them |website=Topshop |date=September 18, 2017 }}</ref>

==Career== Dilone started modeling at 19.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.instyle.com/fashion/meet-dilone-fashions-newest-it-girl |title=Meet Dilone, Fashion's Up-for-Anything Model of the Moment |website=InStyle |date=August 4, 2017 |access-date=October 23, 2017 |archive-date=July 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703015128/https://www.instyle.com/fashion/meet-dilone-fashions-newest-it-girl |url-status=dead }}</ref> She is signed with DNA Model Management and got her big break in Bottega Veneta's men's fall 2016 show. She gained wider exposure in the 2016 and 2017 Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elle.com/culture/news/g29058/victorias-secret-models-casting-reactions/ |title=Watch These Angels Lose It When They Find Out They're Walking in the Victoria's Secret Show |date=October 28, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/stylish/news/victorias-secret-2017-fashion-show-every-model-walking-w499551 |title=Victoria's Secret 2017 Fashion Show In Shanghai: Every Model Walking |date=August 29, 2017 }}</ref> In her debut season, she walked in over 57 shows.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crfashionbook.com/fashion/a9169313/now-casting-dilone/ |title=Now Casting: Dilone |date=March 29, 2016 |access-date=October 23, 2017 |archive-date=May 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508101434/https://www.crfashionbook.com/fashion/a9169313/now-casting-dilone/ }}</ref>

She has starred in advertisements for David Yurman, Balmain, H&M, DKNY, Stella McCartney, Coach, and Versace.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/up-and-coming-model-dilone-is-a-girly-tomboy-who-loves-her-short-hair |title=Up-And-Coming Model Dilone Is a Girly Tomboy Who Loves Her Short Hair |first=Chrystin |last=Bunion |website=W |date=November 3, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elleuk.com/fashion/articles/a31872/dilone-on-diversity-in-fashion/ |title=Model Of The Moment Dilone On Diversity And What It's Like To Be A New Girl At Fashion Week |date=September 14, 2016 |website=Elle UK}}</ref>

Dilone can be seen alongside models like Adwoa Aboah, Issa Lish, Maria Borges, and Binx Walton in Sephora's "Let Beauty Together" campaign in their stores.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}

She will star in the crime thriller film, ''The Good Mother'' in September 2023.<ref name="Deadline1">{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=2023-06-28 |title=Vertical Acquires Crime Thriller ''Mother's Milk'' Starring Hilary Swank, Olivia Cooke & Jack Reynor |url=https://deadline.com/2023/06/hilary-swank-movie-mothers-milk-release-vertical-1235425629/ |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref>

== Personal life == She is openly bisexual and lives in Brooklyn.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.net-a-porter.com/gb/en/porter/article-acfb12deff9594ef/cover-stories/cover-stories/dilone |title=A New Adventure With Dilone |first=Emma |last=Sells |website=Porter |date=May 3, 2019}}</ref>

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2021 | ''Halston'' | Pat Cleveland | 2 episodes |- | 2021 | ''The Novice'' | Dani |- | 2021 | ''The Sex Lives of College Girls'' | Maddy | 2 episodes |- | 2023 | ''The Good Mother'' | Gina |- |2023 | ''Memory'' | Billie |}

== See also == * LGBTQ culture in New York City * List of LGBTQ people from New York City

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