Nicole was selected as one of COSMOPOLITAIN'S 1999 Fun, Fearless Females "Out of the thousands of women who were nominated, these are the ones who truly amazed us with their ectraordinary exploits." -Cosmo's Leslie Granston		One look at her resume revelas that Nicole Wild is an unexhaustible altruist. She's headed up the fund-raising efforts of Suited for Success, which provides business clothing, training and emotional support to women on welfare who are entering the workforce. Wild also sussed out ways to put the fun into fund-raising. "I taught myself how to make soap in my kitchen at night," she says, which lead to the creation of Nikaya, Wild's superbly scented aromatherapy soap line. A portion of Nikaya's sales go to Suited for Success, but for Wild's generous spirit, that's not enough: She's also training at-risk teenage girls to develop and market their own line of soaps.
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Nicole on Nikaya: "I want my company to be a place where women are helping other women become economically independent. The most empowering thing you can do for someone is give them a job and teach them skills that are marketable."		Soap Company To Hire From Welfare Rolls Excerpt from The Miami Herald When Nicole Wold looks at a bar of sweet-smelling soap, she sees the future for women on welfare. The Aventura entrpreneur and former director of fund-raising for Suited for Succes - a Coral Gables agency that provides business clothing and traing for women on welfare - has founded a soap-selling business with an altruistic twist. Already the soaps are selling well at the SoBe Gift Shop in Miami's South Beach.The soaps, which are all natural, made without animal products and cost from $5 to $30, are also being sold at Sandals and Beached Resorts.