Lotta Hintsa
is a Finnish model, mountaineer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Finland 2013 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2013.
Early life
Hintsa was born in Nurmo. As a child, she lived in Ethiopia during two separate periods in 1992–1993 in the village of Shebe, from the capital Addis Ababa. The villagers brought the family a leopard cub, which the children were allowed to pet, until the animal scratched one of the children quite badly. From Ethiopia the family moved to Seinäjoki, Finland, until in 1997 they returned to Ethiopia for another two years, living this time in Addis Ababa.Hintsa has studied business administration at Jyväskylä University, and has worked as a volunteer in Uganda.
Hintsa worked at Bianco Footwear in Finland. Her father, Aki Hintsa, was a doctor in McLaren F1 team. In April 2013, she revealed that she had been on good relations with Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton around six years ago, but denied that the two had ever dated.
Career
Hintsa was crowned Miss Finland 2013 during the annual event held at the Långvik Congress Wellness Hotel in Kirkkonummi on 5 May. Standing tall, Hintsa represented Finland during the 2013 Miss Universe pageant on 9 November. The runners-up competed at the Miss World 2013 and Miss International 2013.In autumn 2018, Näkyvä competed in Tanssii tähtien kanssa, the Finnish version of the British TV dance contest Strictly Come Dancing. In 2023, Hintsa competed on Amazing Race Suomi with her sister Noora but the two left in the third episode after experiencing medical problems.