Kristina Karjalainen (born 15 August 1989) is an

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model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Eesti Miss Estonia 2013 and represented her country at

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in Moscow, Russia but unplaced.

Early life

Karjalainen is a freelance-translator, travel consultant and

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. She moved from Estonia to Finland with her parents at the age of 3 and currently resides in Helsinki. Her mother, also born in Estonia, is Lithuanian and her father, born in Russia, is Finnish. Kristina speaks 6 languages and has mentioned that learning new languages is one of her hobbies. Karjalainen's other hobbies include playing basketball, dancing and swimming. She has been engaged to the finnish DJ and producer Joonas Hahmo since 2022.

Miss Globe International 2012

Karjalainen competed at the

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2012 pageant as Miss Globe Finland. She placed in the Top 5 as the 4th runner-up and won the "Miss Golden Girl" award.

Eesti Miss Estonia 2013

Kristina Karjalainen was crowned Eesti Miss Estonia 2013 at the Toompea Castle in Tallinn, on June 12. She represented Estonia in Miss Universe 2013. Kristina was crowned by Eesti Miss Estonia 2011 (Miss Universe Estonia 2011), Madli Vilsar.

Other

In 2013 Karjalainen was invited to participate in the Finnish version of the

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format ''Reality Queens of the Jungle'' (''Viidakon tähtöset'' in Finnish), but she had to decline due to medical reasons.Seiska.fi: Kohukaunotar jättäytyi Viidakon tähtösistä
(in Finnish) In 2015, she competes in a lifeguard themed reality TV show led by Martina Aitolehti.

References

External links

Official Eesti Miss Estonia website
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