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Nicole Faria : wiki | Biography | wikipedia | Miss Earth 2010

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Nicole Faria : wiki | Biography | wikipedia | Miss Earth 2010

Nicole Faria is an Indian model and beauty queen from Bangalore who was crowned Miss Earth 2010 on December 4, 2010. Faria is the first woman from India to win Miss Earth.

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Career

Faria has been in the modelling business since 2005. She has shot for fashion magazines like Elle, Cosmopolitan, Vogue among others. She has also walked the ramp in the Lakme Fashion Week, Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week, and Colombo Fashion Week.^[1]^[2]

In November 2010, Faria was featured in a television commercial on air by the HP Personal Systems for its snap-on cover notebooks, called “The Computer is Personal Again” campaign.^[3]

Faria is set to enter show business as part of her prizes in winning Femina Miss Earth India 2010. She will be managed by Shoot Talent Management, a division of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.(BCCL) – India’s premier media house, with KWAN – India’s leading entertainment and marketing company.^[4]

Femina Miss India 2010

Faria won the Miss India Earth title at the Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2010 beauty pageant in Mumbai.^[5] Pantaloons Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant competition in India, which annually selects three winners to compete internationally. She won along with Manasvi Mamgai, who was crowned Femina Miss India World 2010, and Neha Hinge who got the Femina Miss India International 2010.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9] Faria was crowned by Miss India Earth 2009 Shriya Kishore.^[10]

Miss Earth 2010

Faria represented India in the Miss Earth 2010 beauty pageant in Vietnam, as was crowned Miss Earth 2010 ^[11].

She won the Miss Talent, the first special award in the 10th Miss Earth pageant.^[12] She performed a graceful belly dance that combined Oriental and Middle Eastern style in an event that raised VND100 million, which was donated to the HCM City Red Cross, to support flood victims in the central region of Vietnam.^[13] She wore a shimmering white and gold outfit and defeated 17 other finalists.^[14]

Nicole Faria, a 20-year-old girl from India, crowned as the Miss Earth 2010 during the 10th Miss Earth Pageant held in Vinpearl Land, Nha Trang, Vietnam on December 4. ^[15]