- Known as Nikki Vassell.
- Vassell was discovered in the Palace Cineplex in the Sovereign Plaza by Pulse CEO Kingsley Cooper while still a student at Campion College.
- Nicola participated at age 12 in a fund-raising fashion show staged by the Big Sister's Movement.
- She signed up for The Pulse Jamaica Fashion Model Competition in 1994, where not only was she declared the winner but immediately taken under the wing of booker for l'Agence Nadia Sharik.
- Favorite Designers: Balenciaga, Gucci and Chloe.
- She is currently enrolled at the Manhatten Community College, she is pursuing a liberal arts degree and also contemplating a business venture with a friend.
- Nicola is a student of art history & business at New York university.