She came to England to become an actress and found work in a jewellery shop, where she met early Latin American dancer and innovator Dimitri Petrides.
Len Goodman, in his autobiography, likens a lesson with Hunt to being sent for a golf session with Tiger Woods.
[2] Among those she trained and choreographed were Bill and Bobbie Irvine, whom she coached in their quest for the World Professional Latin Championship, Donnie Burns – the most successful Latin dancer of all time - Sammy Stopford and Barbara McColl, Corky and Shirley Ballas, Alan and Hazel Fletcher, Walter and Marianne Kaiser and Ian Waite.
Nina was once asked to choreograph Winter Olympic gold medal winners Torvill and Dean but turned them down.
[4] An article written by one of Nina's former pupils, five times World Latin Champion Hazel Fletcher, began by saying Over a successful career she won several awards including the Carl Alan Award 1968[6] and the Golden Dance-Shoe in 1986.