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Age: 51 Years

Husband: Michael Haley

Religion: Methodist

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Some Lesser Known Facts About Nikki Haley

  • She was born in an Indian Sikh family in Bamberg, South Carolina, United States.
  • At the age of 5, she was disqualified from the Little Miss Bamberg pageant, along with her sister; as they didn’t fit in “white” or “black” categories.
  • Her family nicknamed her “Nikki,” which means “little one.”
  • At the age of 13, she started her first job by maintaining the accounts of her family’s clothing store.
  • She helped grow her family’s clothing business- Exotica International into a major success. nikki-haley-clothing-store
  • After college, she also worked as an accountant at a recycling company.
  • She converted to Christianity from Sikhism and often attends Sikh-events.

  • She was the first and the youngest elected governor in 2010 and was re-elected with the largest victory margin in the 24 years history of South Carolina Gubernatorial Elections.
  • She is the first Indian-American Governor of South Carolina and 2nd in the American History.
  • Nikki Haley is also a part of the Tea Party Movement.
  • After the Terrorist attack in Paris, she was one among many governors who opposed opening their state’s door to Syrian refugees.
  • In 2012, she published a memoir- “Can’t Is Not an Option: My American Story”. nikki-haley-memoir
  • In 2015, she called for the removal of Confederate Battle Flag from the South Carolina Statehouse.
  • In 2018, she resigned from her role as the United States ambassador to the United Nations.
  • Nikki Haley, a candidate in the 2024 U.S. presidential elections, engaged in a heated exchange with her opponent Vivek Ramaswamy during a presidential debate in Miami on November 8, 2023. The verbal spat unfolded when Ramaswamy raised concerns about Haley’s daughter using TikTok, suggesting the potential risk of China exploiting the app for spying purposes. In response, Haley called Ramaswamy “scum.” Ramaswamy, moreover, later criticized Haley’s foreign policy views and refered to her as “Dick Cheney in three-inch heels.”

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