10 Miss Suomi 2021 finalists are all former contestants

BY CONAN ALTATIS ON MAY 20, 2021 •

Emmi Suuronen

Finland’s oldest national beauty pageant called Miss Suomi crowned its first queen in 1931. Since then, it has been held annually except from 1939 to 1944 due to World War II.

The second oldest national beauty pageant in Finland is Suomen Neito. It was held from 1952 to 1955, from 1962 to 1963, in 1986 and from 1990 to 2007.

Currently, Finland has two Miss Universe winners, one Miss World winner and one Miss International winner.

Suomen Neito 1952 Armi Kuusela, 86, was crowned the first ever Miss Universe on June 28, 1952 at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States. On October 14, 1957, Marita Lindahl, 78, who was born in Helsinki, Finland, became the first ever Miss World from Finland on October 14, 1957 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, England, United Kingdom.

On October 13, 1973, Anneli Björkling, 69, became the first Miss International from Finland at the Exposition Hall Fairgrounds in Osaka, Japan. Also born in Helsinki, Anne Marie Pohtamo, 65, was crowned Miss Universe 1975 on July 19, 1975 at the National Gymnasium in San Salvador, El Salvador.

Traditionally, the Miss Suomi titleholder represents Finland in Miss Universe. The first and second runners-up represent the country in Miss World and Miss International, respectively.

For the 90th edition of Miss Suomi, some changes were made. The age requirement will be changed from 18-26 to 20-27.

On May 12, 2021, the 10 Miss Suomi 2021 finalists were introduced at the Folks Hotel Konepaja. They are all previous contestants of the Finnish national beauty pageant.

In September 2021, Miss Universe Finland 2020 Viivi Altonen will crown her successor. Here is the list of Miss Suomi 2021 finalists:

NAME AGE HOMETOWN PREVIOUS EDITION & PLACEMENT
Sonja Länsivuori Miss Suomi 2019 Top 10
Riikka Uusitalo Miss Suomi 2019 second runner-up
Nicole Söderström Miss Suomi 2019 Top 20, Miss Suomi 2020 Top 20
Essi Unkuri Miss Suomi 2017 Top 10
Eveliina Tikka Miss Suomi 2017 Top 20
Hanna Ojaniemi Miss Suomi 2018 Top 20
Emmi Suuronen Miss Suomi 2019 Top10
Jasmine Järvinen Miss Suomi 2017 Top 10
Emilia Lepomäki Miss Suomi 2018 Top 10
Katariina Juselius Miss Suomi 2019 Top 10

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