Nicole Faria

Nicole Estelle Faria

Beauty pageant titleholder
Nicole Faria returns home after winning Miss Earth 2010
Born	Nicole Estelle Faria 9 February 1990 (1990-02-09) (age 21) Bangalore, India
Occupation	Model
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight	49 Kilos
Measurements	34-25-34
Hair color	Black
Eye color	Brown
Title(s)	Femina Miss India Earth 2010 Miss Earth 2010
Major competition(s)	Femina Miss India 2010 (Femina Miss India Earth) Miss Earth 2010 (Winner) (Miss Talent)

Nicole Estelle Faria (born 9 February 1990)) is an Indian model from Bangalore and beauty pageant titleholder who won the titles of Femina Miss India Earth 2010 and Miss Earth 2010. Faria is the first woman from India to win Miss Earth.

Career

Faria has been in the modeling business since 2005. She has posed 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]

Media and environmental activism

After winning Miss Earth 2010 in Nha Trang, Vietnam, Faria traveled to Thailand in December 2010.

In January 2011, she made in the list of Times' 50 Most Desirable Men and Women of 2010 and was ranked number 10 in the women's category.^[5]

She graced the fashion show organized by the Cotton Council International, the producer of one of the most-talked-about TV reality shows in India called Let's Design, which was held in Bangalore in February 2011.^[6]

On March 25, 2011, Faria hosted a musical fest organized by Gitanjali Lifestyle as part of the closing of the prestigious convention on all things media and entertainment FICCI FRAMES 2011 held in Mumbai, India.^[7]

In April 2011, she graced the "India Cyclothon – Mumbai 2011", the largest mass mobilization cycling event in Mumbai, which intended to promote a greener and cleaner tomorrow.^[8][9][10]

The Round Table India conferred Faria with the Pride of Karnataka Award on May 6, 2011 for putting India back on the beauty map by winning Miss Earth 2010 crown.^[11][12]

Faria traveled to the United States on the last week of May 2011 and met with New York City's crème de la crème, including members of the Filipino American and Indian American communities. She talked about earth-related issues such as global warming, environmental hazards, ecotourism, and nature imbalance.^[13] Also in New York, she attended a jewelry exhibit by Ramona Haar at the Philippine Consulate General, she modeled in the show Aurus organized by the Filipinos In the Arts in America, Inc., and graced a fund-raising drive by Samsung held at Time Warner Center.

Upon her return to India from New York in June 2011, Faria was chosen as the global Brand Ambassador of Frédérique Constant, a manufacturer of Swiss luxury wrist watches based in Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva. The announcement was made in Mumbai where the company presented to Faria a special Chocolate Double Heart Beat watch to commence the partnership with conservation and environmental projects of Faria in India.^[14] She traveled on June 16, 2011 to Switzerland to attend the anniversary of Frédérique Constant, where she led the charity auction benefiting the International Children’s Heart Foundation and donated a total of US$75,000 to the foundation.^[15]

Femina Miss India 2010

Faria won the Miss India Earth title at the Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2010 beauty pageant in Mumbai.^[16] 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.^{[16][17][18][19]} Faria was crowned by Miss India Earth 2009 Shriya Kishore.^[20]

Miss Earth 2010

Faria represented India in the Miss Earth 2010 beauty pageant in Vietnam, and was crowned Miss Earth 2010.^[21]

She won the Miss Talent, the first special award in the 10th Miss Earth pageant.^[22] 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.^[23] She wore a shimmering white and gold outfit and defeated 84 other finalists.^[24]

References

1. ^ "n/model-of-the-day/Nicole-Faria/articleshow/5939826.cms Nicole Faria - The Times of India". http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/fashio. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "LFW Day 2: Fashion travails - The Times of India". The Times Of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/fashion/shows/LFW-Day-2-Fashion-travails/articleshow/6572407.cms. 
3. ^ New HP Notebooks TVC uses colour as an idiom of change - News - Advertising - Campaign India
4. ^ "Set to Shoot - The Times of India". The Times Of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/people/Set-to-Shoot-/articleshow/6859048.cms. 
5. ^ "Hrithik, Kat top Times 50 Most Desirable Men and Women poll". Sify Technologies Ltd.. 10 January 2011. http://www.sify.com/movies/hrithik-kat-top-times-50-most-desirable-men-and-women-poll-news-hollywood-lbksaggicac.html. Retrieved 10 May 2011. 
6. ^ Nixon, Ron (12 February 2011). "For Groups That Sell Goods Abroad, Help From U.S. Taxpayers". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/us/politics/13agriculture.html?partner=rss&emc=rss. Retrieved 10 May 2011. 
7. ^ Rao, Pooja (27 March 2011). "Day 3 of FICCI Frames". BollySpice Entertainment News. http://bollyspice.com/view.php/6778-day-3-of-ficci-frames.html. Retrieved 10 May 2011. 
8. ^ "Sports18 successfully manages India Cyclothon-Mumbai 2011". Best Media Info by MediologySoftware Pvt.Ltd.. 25 April 2011. http://www.bestmediainfo.com/2011/04/sports18-successfully-manages-india-cyclothon-mumbai-2011/. Retrieved 10 May 2011. 
9. ^ "Amandeep Singh reigns supreme at cyclothon". Daily News & Analysis by Diligent Media Corporation Ltd. 25 April 2011. http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_amandeep-singh-reigns-supreme-at-cyclothon_1535838. Retrieved 10 May 2011. 
10. ^ "Amandeep wins Mumbai leg of India Cyclothon". CNN-IBN. 24 April 2011. http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/amandeep-wins-mumbai-leg-of-india-cyclothon/660554.html. Retrieved 10 May 2011. 
11. ^ the-ta ble-for-good-deeds_1540400 "Pride of Karnataka set the table for good deeds". Daily News and Analysis by Diligent Media Corporation Ltd.. 7 May 2011. http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_pride-of-karnataka-set- the-ta ble-for-good-deeds_1540400. Retrieved 10 May 2011. 
12. ^ "Corporates must speak out against corruption: Gopinath". The Times of India. 7 May 2011. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-07/bangalore/29519840_1_corruption-awardees-pankaj-advani. Retrieved 10 May 2011. 
13. ^ Lo, Ricardo F. (2 July 2011). "Miss Earth 2011 eyes Bollywood". Philippine Star. http://www.philstar.com/funfare/Article.aspx?articleId=701856&publicationSubCategoryId=70. Retrieved 2 July 2011. 
14. ^ "Frederique Constant Bows New Brand Ambassador". Elite Traveler. 8 June 2011. http://www.elitetraveler.com/news_detail.html?nid=3443. Retrieved 2 July 2011. 
15. ^ Pittilla, Mary Jane (27 June 2011). "Frédérique Constant celebrates Manufacture milestone". The Moodie Report. http://www.moodiereport.com/document.php?c_id=1134&doc_id=27733. Retrieved 2 July 2011. 
16. ^ ^{a b} news.outlookindia.com | Manasvi Mamgai Crowned Miss India World
17. ^ "Manasvi Mamgai wins Femina Miss India crown - The Times of India". The Times Of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life/people/Manasvi-Mamgai-wins-Femina-Miss-India-crown/articleshow/5878696.cms. 
18. ^ "‘Main ban gayi Miss India!’ - The Times of India". The Times Of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Life/People/Main-ban-gayi-Miss-India/articleshow/5880515.cms. 
19. ^ "Manish Malhotra, Satya Paul dazzle SA fashion show - The Times of India". The Times Of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/fashion/shows/Manish-Malhotra-Satya-Paul-dazzle-SA-fashion-show/articleshow/6468656.cms. 
20. ^ The Times Of India. 1 May 2010. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5878892.cms. 
21. ^ The 10th Miss Earth Pageant
22. ^ SGGP English Edition- Indian contestant wins Miss Earth talent competition
23. ^ VOVNEWS.VN | Indian beauty crowned Miss Earth Talent 2010 - Indian beauty crowned Miss Earth Talent 2010
24. ^ Vietnam latest news - Thanh Nien Daily | Indian beauty wins Talent crown at Miss Earth 2010

External links

• Official Nicole Faria website

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Name	Faria, Nicole
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Date of birth	9 February 1990
Place of birth	Bangalore, India
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