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Lotta Hintsa (formerly known as Lotta Näkyvä from 2016 to 2019, born 14 December 1988) 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
As a child, Hintsa lived in Ethiopia during two separate periods in 1992–93 in the village of Shebe, 500 km 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 two years, from 1997 on, living this time in Addis Ababa.
Hintsa has studied business administration at Jyväskylä University, and she has worked as a volunteer in Uganda.
Hintsa 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 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 1.68 m 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 Dances with Stars, the Finnish version of the 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.
Personal life
Hintsa married ice hockey player Kristian Näkyvä in 2016, taking his last name; the couple announced their divorce in 2019. Hintsa was in a relationship with Canadian mountain climber Don Bowie from 2021 to 2023. In May 2024, Hinsta was one of the two women (the other one being an American doctor April Leonardo) who accused Nirmal Purja of sexual harassment and assault. Allegedly Purja sexually assaulted Hinsta in a hotel suite in Kathmandu, Nepal, in March 2023. The incident was exposed through The New York Times article detailing the allegations.
References
External links
Official Miss Suomi website