Lotta Hintsa (known as Lotta Näkyvä from 2016 to 2019, born 14 December 1988) is a Finnish model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned

Miss Finland Miss Suomi (Finnish for ''Miss Finland'') is a national beauty pageant in Finland. The pageant was founded in 1931, where the winners were sent to Miss Universe. History Miss Suomi was held for the first time in 1931. Between 1952 and 1955 th ...

2013.

Early life

Hintsa studied at University of Jyväskylä. She worked at Bianco Footwear (Store Manager) in Finland. Her father, Aki Hintsa, was a doctor in McLaren F1 team. In April 2013 she revealed that she had been in good relations with Formula One driver

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around six years ago, but denied that the two had ever dated.

Miss Finland 2013

Hintsa was crowned Miss Finland 2013 during the annual event held at the Långvik Congress Wellness Hotel in Kirkkonummi on 5 May. Standing 1.68 m tall, Hintsa represented Finland during the 2013 Miss Universe pageant on 9 November. The runners-up competed at the

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and

Miss International 2013 Miss International 2013, the 53rd Miss International pageant, was held on December 17, 2013 at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Alejandra Andreu, Miss International 2008, crowned Bea Santiago of the Philippines at the end of the ...

Other appearances

In autumn 2018, Näkyvä competed in '' Dances with Stars'', the Finnish version of the dance contest ''

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''.

Personal life

Hintsa married ice hockey player

Kristian Näkyvä Kristian Näkyvä (born 18 November 1990) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for Örebro HK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Playing career Undrafted, Näkyvä played as a youth within the Espoo Blues organ ...

in 2016, taking his last name; the couple announced their divorce in 2019.

References

External links

Official Miss Suomi website
1988 births Living people People from Seinäjoki Miss Finland winners Miss Universe 2013 contestants {{Finland-bio-stub