The family of Nicole Faria,the 20-year-old from Bangalore who became the first Indian woman to be crowned Miss Earth,say that the win was "hardly a surprise". Faria's success has come as no surprise to her family who are well acquainted with her winning ways and her belief in the adage "I know I can". "We knew she would win. We were hardly surprised," says George Pearson,Nicole's uncle,whose prediction that she would win came true last night when she clinched the Miss Earth title in a glitzy ceremony in Vietnam. Nicole has turned out to be the best advertisement for her parents,father Ian Faria,a motivational speaker and corporate trainer and mother Anita,who works with the reputed beauty group VLCC. "She owes a large part of her success to her father,who has always motivated her to win.
