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Newly crowned Miss Earth 2010 Nicole Faria of India waves at the final of the Miss Earth 2010 contest.
Faria, a 20-year-old girl from Bangalore, won the title at the talent show with a scintillating belly dance that combines Oriental and Middle Eastern style.
Newly crowned Miss Earth 2010 Nicole Faria (2nd L) of India poses with crowned Miss Earth Air, Ecuador's Jennifer Pazmino (1st L), crowned Miss Earth Water, Thailand's Watsaporn Wattanakoon (2nd R) and crowned Miss Earth Fire, Puerto Rico's Yeidy Bosquez, during the final of the Miss Earth 2010 contest.
Newly crowned Miss Earth 2010 Nicole Faria (2nd L, first row) from India poses with Miss Ecuador Jennifer Pazmino (1st L) crowned Miss Earth Air, Miss Thailand Watsaporn Wattanakoon (2nd R, first row) crowned Miss Earth Water and Miss Puerto Rico Yeidy Bosquez, crowned Miss Earth Fire at the final of the Miss Earth 2010 contest held in central city of Nha Trang on December 4, 2010.
Nicole Faria, Miss Earth, poses with Miss Thailand Watsaporn Wattanakoon, who was crowned Miss Earth Water.
"We are ecstatic and overjoyed although we expected it," Faria's father Ian said in Bangalore.