Neither one of MC's parents grew up wealthy. Her father is a self-made man. He worked hard and had a great idea that made him very wealthy which allowed him to pursue other interests and even increase his wealth.
Mrs. Miller came from a working class family in Ecuador. She eventually moved to the the US (she had some relatives there goes the story) where she met Mr. Miller while she was working in a salon. They eventually married and have been together ever since. When they met Mr. Miller was not wealthy.
The last Incan Princess remark, I'm told is just what she was called by her friends, especially when she was younger. As you can see she is an attractive woman and apparently when she was younger she was absolutely stunning and carried herself in a certain way as she does now. This prompted her friends to call her the last Incan Princess. Whether or not she actually descends from any royalty still remains to be seen and researched.
I really can't say if they were referring to her negatively. The truth is that Mrs. Miller is attractive and always has been from the looks of it. I am not sure if the remark was based on her beauty or her poise. However, I can tell simply from photographs of her that Mrs. Miller does appear to have a rather daunting presence at times. Of course, this is only the opinion of one person from photographs and heresay. She may be a perfectly lovely person with her own friends and family.
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Women have served all these centuries as looking-glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size. -Virginia Woolf
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