Nandinee, Mitila is right. Judging anyone by the place they live or the way they wear their clothes is pretty mean. If someone wants to get stardom at any cost, then it is their business.
However, Nikki does not come from a poor family. She is the youngest of her family and wanted to be a pilot.He family was not very keen on it so to arrange for the money required for the training she had taken up modelling assignments and later on acting. She had a lot of support from her cousin Parmeet and his wife Archana during the early days. Her family faced some problems when her father suddenly died. So she stopped pursuing her flying ambition and concentrated on earning money instead as for that time period her family had come to depend on her financially.
I too saw that interview on that health show and I was blown away by her quiet grit and determination. She was simple, straight and dignified.